Active vs Passive Debate Often Ignores Costs Asset Owners, Equities, Innovation An upcoming study looks at the active/passive debate in the light of the costs associated with hiring and firing fund managers. Read More
Episode 68: The Future Fund’s Sue Brake Sue Brake is the Chief Investment Officer of the Future Fund. In this episode, we talk about the fund’s 15 year celebration, looking at the early days of how the fund started to invest just as the global financial crisis began to impact markets. We also discuss the recent investment strategy review and look at […] Read More
Machine Learning in Investing Innovation Machine learning has come a long way since IBM employee Arthur Samuel first coined the term in 1959. But does it make investing easier? Read More
Episode 62: Hearten Up’s Joel Clapham This episode of the [i3] Podcast is different from our normal focus on institutional investment issues. Here, we talk about the importance of mental health with Joel Clapham, who is the founder and Chief Mental Health Champ at Hearten Up, a company that provides mental health first aid advice and training. In this interview, we […] Read More
Episode 64: Vontobel’s Matt Benkendorf In episode 64 of the [i3] Podcast, we speak with Matt Benkendorf, CIO of Vontobel Quality Growth, a global equity strategy of Vontobel Asset Management. We spoke about the firm’s unusual deployment of investigative journalists, how to create thoughtful portfolios when divesting tobacco and, of course, learnings from the global pandemic. Please enjoy the show. […] Read More
Episode 65: UniSuper’s John Pearce John Pearce is the Chief Investment Officer of UniSuper, one of the best performing funds in Australia. In this episode of the [i3] Podcast, we talk about in-house management, sense and nonsense of asset buckets, APRA’s performance test and China. Please enjoy the show. Overview of Podcast with John Pearce, Chief Investment Officer of UniSuper […] Read More
CalPERS appoints Gilmore as CIO Appointment, Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers Stephen Gilmore has taken up the CIO role at CalPERS, leaving NZ Super in June. Read More
Episode 63: Janus Henderson’s Daniel Graña Daniel Graña is a portfolio manager for emerging market equity with Janus Henderson Investors. In this episode of the [i3] Podcast, we spoke about the importance of top down analysis in emerging markets, regulatory change in China, the influence of the pandemic on the region and on his investment process, and nationalising local hardware shops […] Read More
Valuation Infrequency is not Stability Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Women in Finance As debate over valuation practices around unlisted assets is heating up, TCorp’s Tanya Branwhite points to the danger of mistaking valuation infrequency for stability Read More
Episode 57: HESTA’s Daniela Jaramillo In this podcast, we speak with Daniela Jaramillo, Senior Responsible Investment Adviser with pension fund HESTA about the risk of the transition to renewable energy and a low carbon economy, whether to divest or to continue engagement and socially stranded assets. This podcast is brought to you in partnership with Trillium Asset Management. Please enjoy […] Read More