Lorne Johnson | Regime shifts, rule-based frameworks and the humbling of the markets

In episode 91, Alex Proimos speaks with Lorne Johnson, managing director and director of institutional solutions at QMA (a PGIM company).

This episode covers the market regimes and policy uncertainty and how to allocate based on assumptions of growth, inflation, and interest rates. We discuss how to manage a portfolio during a period of high convexity in interest rates, the suppression of volatility by central banks and asset correlations higher than in history. Finally, we talk about the role of leverage and hedging in portfolios and the importance of a portable alpha overlay.

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Pension Policy Podcast: Fostering innovation in retirement solutions

Both APRA and ASIC have told super funds they need to adopt a greater risk appetite and be more innovative in how they fulfil their obligations under the Retirement Income Covenant. In this episode of the Pension Policy Podcast, MLC’s director of customer innovation Ashton Jones tells Retirement Magazine editor Simon Hoyle that his definition of “innovation”

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