Jessica Sier, Author at Investment Magazine

Real Estate

Office in flux: Deciphering the COVID impact

The pandemic and its associated lockdowns have inspired a rapid pivot towards more effective digital communications and remote working, accelerating a trend that was already in play, Lendlease's Micah Schulz says.

Jessica SierMarch 1, 2021

Real Estate

Real asset risk assessment requires digging deeper: AEW

Environmental Social and Governance policies are commonplace in global investment firms, but addressing risks to physical assets like property take investment teams deeper in their due diligence and studies of investment risk, experts explore.

Jessica SierFebruary 26, 2021

Real Estate

Specialist investor Kayne Anderson bets on student housing mispricing

Remote learning and widespread US university closures completely recalibrated student housing prices and offered the Florida-based firm opportunities to snap up premium new developments.

Jessica SierFebruary 26, 2021

ESG

Green bonds: part of super industry’s decarbonising tool set

AustralianSuper's Andrew Gray said the fund has not ruled out using green bonds as a tool to reach its ambitious target of net-zero carbon emissions for its entire investment portfolio by 2050.

Jessica SierNovember 30, 2020

ESG

Avoid the greenwashing bubble

Greenwashing is apparent when an organisation spends more time marketing themselves as environmentally sound, rather than actually minimising their environmental footprint, Regnan's Tim Crockford outlines.

Jessica SierNovember 20, 2020

ESG

Thinking practically about SDGs

SDGs can lead to a tick a box approach; investors need to focus on outputs and changing the behaviour in portfolio companies, a panel has heard.

Jessica SierNovember 20, 2020

Fund Governance

25 funds likely to fail new performance test, analysis shows

REST Super is among the funds likely to fall short of the government's new performance benchmark even though its MySuper product also stands to be one of the major beneficiaries of the proposed ‘stapling’ changes.

Jessica SierOctober 28, 2020

articleFund Governance

Relational governance more important than ever: Drew

"There needs to be some really clear thinking about repair of personal balance sheets post-Covid", says Michael Drew, who points to the importance of relational governance in light of the government's early access scheme and selloffs in financial markets.

Jessica SierOctober 26, 2020

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