Hedging with Hindsight at VFMC Asset Owners, Private & Alternative Markets, Risk and Regulation What if you could design your hedging strategy with 20/20 hindsight? We asked VFMC’s Mark Aaron how to best address this question. Read More
Diversification through China A-shares Emerging Markets, Equities One of the reasons to invest in China A-shares is diversification. So how have these equities held up during the current pandemic-driven financial crisis? We speak to UBS AM’s Geoffrey Wong to find out. Read More
Logistics is Currency of Choice Real Estate At a time when retail is flailing and the security of office assets has been called into question, with companies having implemented work-from-home policies and social distancing has shut down co-working, logistics is seen to stand alone as the safe bet in property. Read More
Superannuation Funds pay $6.3 billion in Early Release Asset Allocation & Strategy, Risk and Regulation, Women in Finance Superannuation funds have paid out $6.3 billion in total under the early release scheme to people who are experiencing financial hardship as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Read More
Behavioural Science and Pandemics Behavioural Finance, Financial Crisis During a pandemic people change their behaviour radically and this change affects the global economy. Can behavioural sciences help in developing sensible policies? Read More
Future Fund appoints Raphael Arndt as CEO Asset Owners The Future Fund has appointed its current Chief Investment Officer, Raphael Arndt, as its new Chief Executive Officer, following departure of David Neal. Read More
Pricing Climate Change at NZ Super Fund Asset Owners, ESG, Pacific Region, Women in Finance NZ Super has developed a framework to help the investment team think about pricing climate change and adjust its valuation methodologies. Read More
Infrastructure in Times of Stress Private & Alternative Markets, Women in Finance Listed infrastructure offers both liquidity and defensiveness, but how has it held up under the turmoil caused by COVID-19? 4D Infrastructure’s Sarah Shaw explores. Read More
Why a Crisis need not be a Tragedy Editorial, Risk and Regulation Tragedies happen, not when one thing goes wrong, but when many things go wrong at the same time. Can we learn lessons from the sinking of the Titanic and apply them to our portfolios as the pandemic wreaks havoc? Teik Heng Tan explores this issue. Read More
