HESTA Eyes Fundamental Aus Equities Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Equities, Women in Finance Australian pension fund HESTA is considering creating an internal fundamental Australian equities capability in an effort to address capacity constraints and drive company engagement. Read More
Clarifying Sustainability ESG How deep do you look into a company to determine the sustainability of a business? Looking at the primary product is a good start, Hamish Chamberlayne of Janus Henderson says. Read More
Survival = Risk Management MarketFox In your approach to risk management, are you truly managing risk or are you minimising regret? Read More
Asset Allocation is Key at VicSuper Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers VicSuper CIO Andrew Howard has positioned the fund’s portfolio to deal with low growth and higher volatility. “I’ll happily accept a lower return than what we might have received from real assets over the last 10 years to ensure we have enough ballast in our portfolio to deliver a smoother pattern of returns.” Read More
The Confusion about Debt and Inflation Economics, Fixed Income & Credit The relationship between debt and inflation is often misunderstood and this can affect how you read economic trends, Macquarie’s Dean Stewart says. Read More
The Science of Hedging Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Financial Crisis, Risk and Regulation In the past, decisions about hedging have sometimes involved a bit of an educated guess, but a new paper aims to create rigour around this process. Read More
The Inherent Complexity of Investing Asset Allocation & Strategy Finding solutions to complex problems is often not about more information, as we do in statistics, but about finding novel ways to combine existing information, Professor Carsten Murowski says. Unfortunately, this type of complexity is where computers fail miserably. Read More
In Search of Temperament – Final MarketFox In this final post on the ideal investor sentiment, the MarketFox looks at how the best investors measure success. Read More
NZ Super Maps Capabilities of Partners Asset Owners, Pacific Region, Women in Finance New Zealand Super has mapped the expertise of its strategic partners against its research agenda in order to extract full value from its relationships. Read More
