Insights

Markets Could Stabilise as Quarter End Nears

Dr. Guan Seng Khoo, former Head of Enterprise Risk Management, AIMCo

The Impact of Liquidity on Pension Funds

Liquidity has become a concern for many institutional investors, who are faced with the trade war aftermath, an oil price war and the COVID-19 outbreak. Based on his experience as Head of Enterprise Risk at the Canadian investment manager AIMCo, Dr Guan Seng Khoo provides here a framework for stress testing liquidity.

APRA Concerned over Super Fund SAA

Asset Allocation & Strategy, Editorial, Financial Crisis

Current developments caused by the coronavirus has the regulator worried about funds’ ability to maintain their strategic asset allocation

Deborah Ng, Head of Responsible Investing and Director of Strategy & Risk at Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan

Ontario Teachers’ Starts to Flip the ESG Risk Lens

Asset Owners, ESG, Women in Finance

Ontario Teachers’ Deborah Ng talks about the flip side of ESG risk and the opportunities from the transition to a low-carbon economy

Funds Keep Head Cool as Pandemic Worsens

Asset Allocation & Strategy, Economics, Financial Crisis

Pension funds are faced with steep drops in equity prices and high levels of members switching to cash options, effectively redeeming their money, as the coronavirus pandemic worsens. But rather than panicking, most Australian pension funds seem well-placed to deal with the current turmoil.

Real Estate Profile – Frontier Advisors

Real Estate, Women in Finance

Baby boomers and millennials are the two fastest growing cohorts globally and their need for housing, healthcare and medical centres provide interesting real estate investment opportunities, Frontier Advisors’ Jennifer Johnstone-Kaiser says.

A Small Lesson in Decision-making under Uncertainty

Editorial, Financial Crisis, Pacific Region

Confronted with the question whether to postpone one of our forums or not, the situation turned out to provide a small lesson on decision-making under uncertainty, [i3]’s Teik Heng Tan writes.

VFMC Shifts Internal Equities to Benchmark Unaware

Asset Owners, Equities, Innovation

VFMC has changed the way its internal equity invests, shifting towards a benchmark unaware strategy, away from the previous Top 50 stocks approach, CIO Russell Clarke says.

Energy Transition Well Underway: SSGA

ESG, Innovation

In a new report, State Street Global Advisors concludes that global demand for fossil fuels will peak this decade. We speak to Carlo M. Funk to hear how this might impact institutional investors.

Assessing the Coronavirus Impact

Economics, Editorial, Financial Crisis

The world is facing a potential global pandemic as the coronavirus continues to spread rapidly outside of China. Markets have reacted violently to the news that community transmissions are taking place across Europe and the Middle East. But does history tell us anything about the impact of pandemics on markets? In this editorial, Wouter Klijn, Director of Content at [i3], explores the potential economic impact.