ACC Names Head of DAA Asset Owners, Insurance New Zealand’s Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) has appointed David Iverson as Head of Dynamic Asset Allocation for its NZ$46 billion portfolio. Read More
Private Equity at OPTrust Asset Owners, Private & Alternative Markets, Women in Finance COVID-19 has had a different impact on the various segments in the private equity sector. We speak with OPTrust’s Sandra Bosela about the fund’s experience pre and during the pandemic. Read More
Raising Awareness of ESG Materiality Equities, ESG In this interview with Trillium’s Matt Patsky, we tackle some of the most contentious ESG issues, including the gender pay gap and the decline of fossil fuel demand. We also look at how investors can use shareholder resolutions to raise awareness of issues that are ignored by companies. Read More
Sunsuper: SAA Hasn’t Stopped Working Asset Allocation & Strategy Does a more volatile market environment need a more hands on approach when it comes to asset allocation? We asked Sunsuper’s Andrew Fisher how the fund’s DAA and SAA programs held up. Read More
Value Rotation in Emerging Markets Emerging Markets, Equities, Webinars It currently appears that we have a bubble in technology stocks, as in 2001. But this time round, it is combined with a deep global recession and a heightened focus on sustainability. Read More
Future Fund Appoints New CIO Asset Owners, Women in Finance The Future Fund has appointed Sue Brake as its new Chief Investment Officer (CIO). Read More
Reducing Risk with Liquidity Sleeves Factors, Quant & Systematic, Fixed Income & Credit Liquidity sleeves that mimic a fund’s strategic asset allocation with ETFs could help asset owners navigate bouts of volatility, as seen during the months of March and April this year, iShares says. Read More
Technology Stocks Could Face Headwinds Equities Technology companies, the drivers of the outperformance of growth-style investing in recent years, are facing several headwinds and investors should be wary if their portfolios are too heavily skewed to growth, Cambridge Associates’ Travis Schoenleber says Read More
The Future of the Office Real Estate What does the future of office real estate look like once the pandemic is over? Will we all return to work or will we see permanent changes that affect demand? We speak with Aviva Investors about some of the likely changes this sector will see in the coming years. Read More