Real Estate Profile – First State Super Asset Owners, Real Estate First State Super has spent four years rationalising its real estate portfolio, selling $1 billion of old stock. Now, the fund has turned its eye on responsible investments in the residential sector, Florence Chong writes. Read More
In Defence of Life-cycle Strategies Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Innovation, Retirement Australian Catholic Super CIO Michael Block addresses some of the criticism of life-cycle strategies and argues that we should take a closer look at the concept behind it. “To always place a member who is 20 years old with a 60-year old member in the same strategy is clearly ridiculous,” he says. Read More
The Average Company Doesn’t Matter Equities Investing is about capturing the outliers, Baillie Gifford’s Tom Slater says. In a study of long term buy-and-hold strategies, he found that more than 50 per cent of returns were driven by just three companies in the portfolio. But how do you find these outliers? Read More
The Merits of Complexity Editorial, ESG Simple is not always better, as even simple investment strategies can have unexpected consequences. But when embracing complexity, make sure you get all stakeholders on board. Read More
Mind The Gap Asset Allocation & Strategy, Chief Investment Officers, Fixed Income & Credit, Private & Alternative Markets China Pacific Insurance Group CIO Ben Deng speaks to [i3] Insights about the challenges of closing the asset/liability gap in today’s low-yielding environment and shares his excitement about opportunities in Chinese private equity. Read More
Real Estate Profile – Sunsuper Asset Owners, Real Estate The $66 billion Sunsuper manages both external and direct property investment mandates. Florence Chong speaks with Sunsuper’s Michael Weaver about the fund’s strategy and the attraction of niche markets. Read More
The Factors of Emerging Market Debt Emerging Markets, Fixed Income & Credit Finisterre Capital’s Raphael Biosse-Duplan says investors should worry less about the geographical definition of emerging markets and more about what factors set this asset class apart from others. Read More
It Is All About Scale Leadership & Management With several multi-billion-dollar mergers on the way, the Australian pension system is going through another round of consolidation. But even with all this merger activity, the role scale plays in the ability to compete on the global stage is often underestimated, Mark Wiseman says. Read More
The Value of Engagement ESG There have been multiple attempts to quantify the contribution of ESG engagement to investment returns, but not all benefits are visible in the bottom line. A PRI-sponsored study, asks corporations what non-financial benefits they see from engagement. Read More
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