HESTA appoints Head of PM Asset Owners HESTA has appointed Alan Sheen as Head of Portfolio Management, who joins the fund from Dalton Street Capital. Read More
JANA Appoints Head of Insurance Strategy Fixed Income & Credit JANA has created a new role of Head of Insurance Strategy to reflect the expanded business and has appointed Greg Wilkinson into the role. Read More
Governance Under COVID-19 ESG In a world where face-to-face meetings have been largely suspended, governance is more important than ever before, Roger Urwin says. Read More
Seeking Value in Derivatives Costs Private & Alternative Markets After the GFC, the funding costs of delta one instruments have been very volatile. BlackRock now thinks it has found the solution to gaining a better understanding of how these costs change over time. Read More
A World at the Crossroads Editorial, ESG When we spoke to Nathan Fabian, Chief Responsible Investment Officer of the Principles for Responsible Investment, for the [i3] Podcast, he told us the world is at a crossroads. We could use the current economic malaise to set some climate change-related conditions to the broad stimulus packages and subsidies governments are providing to companies. Or […] Read More
Future Fund Sees Tough Period Ahead Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Financial Crisis, Women in Finance The Future Fund sees a challenging environment ahead as it ends the year flat. The Future Fund expects to see a challenging and volatile environment in the future and believes that the factors that have driven the strong performance in the past might not be there any longer. “We do think that returns are going […] Read More
LGIAsuper on Retirement Products Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Retirement While long-term expected returns are likely to be low and short-term risks remain high, developing retirement products is a tricky exercise, especially with younger members in mind, Troy Rieck, CIO of LGIAsuper, says. Read More
Do PE Investments Still Stack up? Private & Alternative Markets Taking the lessons learned from the GFC, private equity firms have reacted much more quickly to the current turmoil in markets to assess their portfolio companies, LGT Capital Partners’ Ivan Vercoutere says. Read More
Long or Short Volatility? Editorial, Financial Crisis If most diversified, multi-asset portfolios are short volatility, should institutional investors build in an allocation to long-volatility strategies for defensiveness? Read More