[i3] Insights - Investment Innovation Institute

Stick to Aus, US Government Bonds

Lianne Buck, Director of Melbourne Airport

Infrastructure in the Pandemic

Asset Owners, Infrastructure, Women in Finance

We speak with Lianne Buck, former Head of Infrastructure of TCorp and Director of Melbourne Airport, about how the airport sector will cope with the turmoil caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Kunjal Gala, Co-portfolio manager of Global Emerging Markets, Federated Hermes on Innovation in emerging markets

Tech & Healthcare Innovation in Emerging Markets

Emerging Markets, Equities, Innovation

Pandemics have a way of speeding up change and innovation. We speak to Kunjal Gala at the international business of Federated Hermes about what this means for emerging market equities.

Wouter Klijn, Director of Content at the Investment Innovation Institute [i3]

Reimagining Due Diligence

Editorial

As we are faced by severe travel restrictions, video conferencing has been widely embraced as the preferred method for conducting meetings. But will it ever replace face-to-face interaction? This question is especially important when it comes to signing off on new investment mandates.

Deanne Stewart, Chief Executive Officer, First State Super

First State Super Divests Thermal Coal

Asset Owners, ESG

First State Super will divest from businesses that derive more than 10 per cent of their revenue from thermal coal by October 2020, as part of a broader transition plan to prepare the investment portfolio for a low-carbon economy.

Jason Hazell, Chief Investment Officer, Crescent Wealth

Crescent Wealth Adds Currency Hedging

Asset Owners, Risk and Regulation

Islamic superannuation fund Crescent Wealth has expanded its investment toolkit with the addition of Shariah-compliant currency hedging, while it has also appointed a new asset consultant.

John Livanas, Chief Executive Officer, State Super

State Super Takes Stock

Asset Owners, Financial Crisis

State Super was one of the top performing funds in Australia during the March quarter, largely due to its decision to have tail risk strategies in place. We talk to CEO John Livanas about the fund’s approach and the changed world post-pandemic.

Colin Purdie, CIO Credit, Aviva Investors

Don’t Just Hoard Yield: Aviva

Fixed Income & Credit

Most credit managers and analysts tend to be yield hoarders. Once you understand what this means for portfolio construction, you can exploit opportunities, argues Aviva Investors’ Colin Purdie.

PSP Expands Agricultural Portfolio

Private & Alternative Markets

Whether in walnuts and almonds in Australia, coffee in Brazil, or sugar cane in Hawaii, Canadian pension fund PSP Investments is now an agriculture investor to contend with.

At the Foothills of a New Cold War

Financial Crisis

The world is at the foothills of a new cold war as the coronavirus pandemic has revealed the geopolitical fault lines that have developed in recent years in the relationship between the United States and China, geopolitics expert Alan Dupont says.