In episode 103, Alex Proimos speaks with John Cochrane, Rose-Marie and Jack Anderson, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University and author of the Grumpy Economist blog.
In episode 102, Alex Proimos speaks with Mark Beardow, co-chief investment officer, and Andrew Baume, adviser, at Darling Macro.
In episode 101, Alex Proimos speaks with Delilah Rothenberg, co-founder and executive director of the Predistribution Initiative and Taylor Sekhon, director at Social Capital Partners.
In episode 100, Alex Proimos speaks with Sean Henaghan, chief investment officer at Aurora Capital.
Asset owners that are PRI signatories had higher returns and lower costs than non-PRI signatories over a five-year period according to analysis by CEM Benchmarking.
Rising pressure on underperforming funds could see only a handful remaining in the near future, as the trend of consolidation gathers pace, experts say.
The differences between the Covid-lead downturn and the global financial crisis are significant according to Cbus Super chair Steve Bracks, this time we haven’t seen the same depths and there are new unique opportunities, not least in the ESG space.
As the Australian superannuation market further professionalises, Conexus’s new CEO will be able to bring her global view to the domestic landscape and contribute to super funds and providers developing global best practices.
ACSI CEO Louise Davidson and Aware Super CIO Damian Graham speak to Investment Magazine’s Stewart Hawkins about two issues affecting Australia’s super landscape – Globalisation and Governance. Are super funds in Australia running out of local assets to invest in? If so, where are the opportunities? Are they mainly off shore? And what are the challenges involved in engaging with companies which are operating in different regulatory environments?
Risk and performance measurement for illiquid assets like infrastructure is a fast-evolving area, as funds balance the long-term nature of these assets with portability and members’ liquidity needs.
Matching members with the right solutions, garnering appropriate member information within the existing legal and regulatory frameworks and through-lifecycle engagement are among the biggest challenges facing trustees as the Retirement Income Covenant lands, experts have said.
Cbus super is expanding its investment options to be in line with about 95 per cent of the available options in the market, making the fund’s next merger easier according to CIO Kristian Fok.
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