Insights

ABP lifts Hood on Sustainability Policy

The Elusive Global Property Illiquidity Premium

Rohan Shan homes in on the true attraction of unlisted property. Is it the elusive illiquidity premium or is it something else?

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

Managing the Cycle with VFMC

Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Financial Crisis

VFMC has developed a new asset allocation model, in addition to its DAA model, that will help de-risk the portfolio when the likelihood of a crisis occurring rises and re-risk it in calmer weather, CIO Russell Clarke says.

Jason Hazell, Chief Investment Officer, Crescent Wealth

Crescent Wealth Set to Become First Sukuk Investor

Asset Owners, Fixed Income & Credit

Crescent Wealth is set to become Australia’s first investor into the rising asset class of Sukuk, a form of Islamic fixed income. Sukuk will help CIO Jason Hazell to further to increase the fund’s diversification.

The Rise of 3D Printing

Editorial

3D Printing is on the cusp of either becoming a force for change, or remaining a rather expensive way to produce oddly-shaped plastic trinkets. [i3] Insights Editor Wouter Klijn explores how this technique might impact various industries and where the highest potential is.

NZ Super stands by Strategic Tilting

Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Pacific Region

In a five-year review of NZ Super, Willis Towers Watson asked the board to confirm whether they are still comfortable with the portion of active risk allocated to tilting. We speak to CEO Matt Whineray about the future of this program.

Designing Menus of Retirement Products

Opinion, Retirement

The design of retirement products is an increasingly pressing challenge for many pension plans. Associate Professor Geoff Warren provides a potential way forward.

Real Estate Profile – TelstraSuper Part II

Asset Owners, Real Estate

TelstraSuper’s Miriam Patterson talks about the impact of e-commerce on real estate and how the fund has been repositioning its portfolio. “Our focus is on retail that takes up the first dollar of your household budget, not your last,” she says.

M Cargill Philanthropies Expands Risk Premia Portfolio

Asset Owners, Factors, Quant & Systematic

US-based charity fund Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies has expanded its risk premia strategies with the volatility risk premium and addresses concerns over these factor investing. “We can’t expect absolute positive returns year in year out,” CIO Michael Ruetz says.