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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
VFMC Shifts Internal Equities to Benchmark Unaware Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, 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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
ABP lifts Hood on Sustainability Policy Asset Owners, ESG Dutch pension fund ABP has set itself some ambitious targets in its sustainable investment policy for 2030, but how they got there is equally interesting. Read More
The Elusive Global Property Illiquidity Premium Opinion, Real Estate Rohan Shan homes in on the true attraction of unlisted property. Is it the elusive illiquidity premium or is it something else? Read More
Real Estate Profile – Mercer Real Estate Mercer estimates that the real estate market in Australia and New Zealand is at or near its peak and switches its focus to income rather than capital appreciation Read More