Investment Strategy

ESG

Getting to grips with greenwashing

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has taken up the baton on exposing and punishing greenwashing by Asset Managers. Alex Wise explores how the U.S. regulator is tackling greenwashing and how this might impact superannuation funds in Australia.

Alex WiseMay 19, 2021

CIO profiles

Inside Aware’s next five-year investment strategy plan

Aware engaged consulting firm McKinsey to conduct a process which included discussions and comparisons with pension and sovereign funds around the world as part of constructing its five-year strategy which it delivered to its board in March.

Matthew SmithMay 18, 2021

CIO profiles

Sue Brake on the Future Fund’s new set of assumptions

An increase in cash holdings from 9 to 18 per cent will give the $226 billion sovereign wealth fund flexibility to start deploying capital in line with a new set of assumptions, Sue Brake explains.

Amanda WhiteMay 17, 2021

Investment Strategy

Learn from the data and don’t fear change

Signals and noise can dominate the minds of investors but relying on the uncompromising clarity of statistics may provide a complex but effective path according to Fort L.P.'s Alan Marantz.

Jessica SierMay 6, 2021

Investment Strategy

Climate change – expect an increase in catastrophes and insured losses

Pricing risk in highly insured zones will benefit emerging markets, says Twelve Capital’s Urs Ramseier.

Meredith BoothMay 6, 2021

Investment Strategy

Beware highly leveraged and less-liquid strategies

Troubled times expose the vulnerability of managers without contingency funds which may prevent them from pulling different levers during a crisis and staying on top.

Jessica SierMay 6, 2021

Investment Strategy

Enterprise software companies set to boom in APAC: Vista’s Robert Smith

Not only have many such companies survived the COVID-19 pandemic the increased use of technology has accelerated their gains.

Amanda WhiteMay 5, 2021

Investment Strategy

The next game of equity investment in a post-Covid world

Cricket fans may recognise the analogy of equity investing as changing from a “fast bowler’s dream to a drawn-out spinner’s pitch” as the complexities of a post Covid world dominate strategies, says Pendal’s Crispin Murray.

Meredith BoothMay 5, 2021

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