Ben Hurley, Author at Investment Magazine

Leadership

Resilience is learned, not inherent: Olympian Alisa Camplin

Australian Winter Olympic gold medallist Alisa Camplin has drawn on all her techniques for managing stress in her sports career using performance psychology to manage her mental health in light of the impacts from COVID.

Ben HurleyAugust 11, 2020

Investment Strategy

Cambooya family office war chest ready and waiting

Cambooya, one of the country’s largest family offices, has amassed a war chest of liquidity to use in times of crisis.

Ben HurleyJuly 16, 2020

Policy and Regulation

Covid-19 a reminder of the danger of ignoring systematic risks

The economic crisis caused by the pandemic and the recovery journey ahead provides an opportunity to build greater preparedness for systemic risks like climate change, argues Travers McLeod, chief executive of the Centre for Policy Development.

Ben HurleyJuly 13, 2020

Leadership

Jack Gray: Australia better off with ‘one or two’ super funds

The Australian superannuation industry would be a lot less wasteful if it were amalgamated into one or two giant funds, argues one industry veteran.

Ben HurleyJuly 8, 2020

Hedge Funds

AMP Capital co-investing alongside hedge funds to add idiosyncratic returns

Seeking reduced correlation to other strategies such as equities, AMP Capitals’ Anastassia Juventin says co-investment aims to enhance the idiosyncrasy of hedge fund return streams.

Ben HurleyJuly 8, 2020

Alternatives

Alternatives a ‘loser’s game’: Ennis Knupp founder

Richard Ennis, an early pioneer of quant investing and co-founder of US investment consultancy giant EnnisKnupp, has a simple message for fund trustees: Liquidate your alternative investments and put the proceeds into index funds.

Ben HurleyJuly 6, 2020

Leadership

First State’s Deanne Stewart on conflicts and the role of transparency in ESG

Having just completed a merger with Vic Super to create one of Australia’s largest industry funds, First State Super CEO Deanne Stewart discusses conflicts of interest, the difficult job of balancing ESG practices with member interests and the challenges of scale.

Ben HurleyJuly 1, 2020

Investment Strategy

US recession to be more protracted than expected: DiMartino Booth

Fed policy is exacerbating the “barbell” shape of the US economy and setting it up for a domino chain of hardship when the credit cycle is allowed to return to normality, argues market commentator and chief strategist Danielle DiMartino Booth.

Ben HurleyJuly 1, 2020

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