Future Fund Replaces $14bn of Hedge Funds Asset Owners, Private & Alternative Markets The Future Fund has replaced two-thirds of its hedge fund managers, or $14 billion worth of assets, in a four-year overhaul of its hedge fund portfolio, in an effort to reduce beta exposure. Read More
AustralianSuper Revamps Risk Framework Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners AustralianSuper has unveiled its new risk framework, shifting to a total portfolio approach and flexibility to participate swiftly in direct markets. Read More
The Competitive Advantage of Investment Governance Asset Allocation & Strategy, Women in Finance Pension funds should step up their game in investment governance if they are to remain relevant in the changing investment industry, according to Sue Brake. Read More
Is System One and Two Thinking Helpful? MarketFox In this third part in the serie on behavioural finance, MarketFox columnist Daniel Grioli takes a critical look at Kahneman and Tversky’s system one and two model and asks the question whether it is useful to apply this to assess decision-making. Read More
Pan Māori Fund Raises Nearly Double Targeted Amount Pacific Region, Private & Alternative Markets, Women in Finance The first pan-Māori investment fund reaches nearly double the targeted seed money at the close of its capital raising. Read More
A Reflection on Diversity on Wall Street Asset Allocation & Strategy, Women in Finance Portfolio Manager Denise Selden has had a tremendous career on Wall Street, which spans almost 60 years. But working as one of the few women on Wall Street in her early days certainly provided some challenges. Read More
The Changing Face of Active Management Asset Allocation & Strategy Big technology platforms, such as Amazon, not only disrupt the retail industry, they also affect the nature of active management, David Eiswert says. Read More
Combining Best Ideas in Search for Alpha Asset Allocation & Strategy Good ideas take time. In fact, one of the best ways to kill creativity is to act swiftly and decisively. In a lecture delivered in 1991, British comedian John Cleese gave an insight into why some people are more creative than others and come up with better ideas. Despite what you might think, talent was […] Read More
Heuristics are Biased. But are They Lazy and Dumb? Behavioural Finance, MarketFox In this second instalment of the four part series on the criticisms of behavioural economics, MarketFox columnist Daniel Grioli looks at heuristics: are they lazy and dumb? Read More
