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
Soft Brexit Could See Office Take Off Real Estate Real estate markets have not priced in the likelihood of a soft Brexit, or even a no-Brexit, which could potentially see growth in UK commercial real estate rather than a contraction, according to Nuveen. Read More
Future Fund Appoints Deputy CIO Asset Allocation & Strategy, Chief Investment Officers, Women in Finance The Future Fund appoints former Willis Towers Watson consultant Sue Brake as Deputy CIO. Read More
Moral Hazard in China is Breaking Emerging Markets, Fixed Income & Credit The Chinese government’s willingness to let private companies default on their debt is a sign of a maturing domestic market and helps price debt issuances more accurately, according to Fidelity International. Read More
No Westerner Really Understands China Asset Owners, Emerging Markets Out of all Australian Chief Investment Officers, John Pearce, CIO of Unisuper, is probably best placed to have a view on China. But his insights are not what you might expect. Read More
The Impact of Small Funds Asset Allocation & Strategy Sometimes it pays off for a pension fund to be small and nimble and one area where this is a clear advantage is in impact investing. Read More
