Tahn Sharpe, Author at Investment Magazine

Geopolitics

Sovereign wealth funds will change digital economy: Winston Ma

The world's sovereign wealth funds are using their combined $30 trillion war chest to build in-house teams and become more active investors in infrastructure, communications and the tech sector. Multiple mandates are becoming the norm according to Winston Ma, with strategic development goals as important as investment returns.

Tahn SharpeFebruary 17, 2021

Fund Governance

‘We were never in a liquidity situation’: HostPlus

The $50 billion fund's deputy CIO - brought onto the panel to replace a sick Sam Sicilia - said the fund had enough liquidity amidst the early release scheme to manage "well beyond even the worst scenario we could imagine".

Tahn SharpeFebruary 10, 2021

Leadership

Leadership in the trenches with Wayside’s Jon Owen

Like many people charged with the fate of others, imposter syndrome is something Wayside Chapel CEO and pastor Jon Owen deals with regularly. Reaching out, he believes, is the key to getting through it. "Loneliness is the leprosy of the developed world," he says.

Tahn SharpeFebruary 10, 2021

Chair Forum Digital 2021

‘Some merit’ in group insurance review: Hume

The minister expressed support for the productivity commission’s 2018 call for an independent inquiry into the “increasingly unviable” group insurance industry, while her counterpart Stephen Jones put the onus on the industry itself to demonstrate its value.

Tahn SharpeFebruary 3, 2021

Chair Forum Digital 2021

Hume keeps door open on super contributions freeze

The minister reiterated the government’s plan to make a call on the SG rise closer to July 1 when the “trade off” with wage growth is clearer, while shadow minister Stephen Jones said the current level “just won’t get us there”.

Tahn SharpeJanuary 29, 2021

Asset Classes

Sunsuper: Fixed income to look different, post pandemic

Traditional fixed income sleeves will take an entirely different shape in the post-pandemic era, with the allocation of negative bond yields and cash investments hard to justify in portfolios according to Sunsuper head of asset allocation Andrew Fisher.

Tahn SharpeDecember 2, 2020

Leadership

Future Fund’s Arndt: From CIO to CEO in the middle of a pandemic

When Covid-19 hit, Arndt was considering whether to apply for the CEO role vacated by David Neal. In the blink of an eye, none of that mattered. Since taking the job, he’s come to realise the market crisis was just the front end of a massive wave of change.

Tahn SharpeNovember 30, 2020

Leadership

Shane Fitzsimmons: Leadership under fire

During a candid discussion, the man who guided Australia through the 2019/20 fires revealed his own father’s untimely death while battling bushfires shocked him “to the core”, but the tragedy firmed his resolve to live a life serving the community.

Tahn SharpeNovember 30, 2020

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