Addressing the Transition to a Low-carbon Economy ESG, Women in Finance Addressing climate change risks should not simply be about measuring carbon emissions, but about future-proofing business models, Aberdeen Standard Investments’ Danielle Welsh-Rose says. Read More
A Different Kind of Disruption Editorial, Financial Crisis, Innovation Is there an upside to the widespread disruption we see as the coronavirus rips through the world population? Teik Heng Tan explores the intersection of chaos and innovation throughout history. Read More
Looking for the Perfect Hedge Editorial, Factors, Quant & Systematic What type of hedge would you put in place to protect your portfolio in the current malaise, if you had the benefit of hindsight? Read More
Markets Could Stabilise as Quarter End Nears Equities, Financial Crisis, Pacific Region As we are heading towards the end of the quarter, the chances are that stock markets will stabilise somewhat since many pension and other multi-asset funds will need to buy equities to get back to target weights. Read More
The Impact of Liquidity on Pension Funds Financial Crisis, Risk and Regulation 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. Read More
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 Read More
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 Read More
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