Central Banks have move to a policy regime where fiscal stimulus is an even bigger lever with short-term interest rates in the US likely to will remain on hold at least through to 2023, Bridgewater’s Rebecca Patterson has said.
2020 will go down for many as the year we all made concessions in the way we live and work; for the superannuation industry this will be the year the system was reshaped forever.
In its first year, Investment Magazine’s Market Narratives podcast series have traversed some of the most pressing issues facing heads of investment teams, asset class specialists, influential consultants and those at the helm of the country’s largest superannuation schemes.
FTSE Russell’s Helena Fung talks about how climate change and pandemic factors have brought ESG investments into the spotlight this year in an extended interview.
Investment Magazine’s top ten event moments in 2020, ranked according to the number of views, reflect a year where change, adaption and resilience were common threads of every conversation.
The top 10 most read Investment Magazine stories for 2020 paint a picture of adaption in a crisis, creative thinking in dislocated uncertain financial markets, testing of business models and continuing consolidation amid a shrinking number of funds responsible for an increasing pool of assets.
Whether new look profit-for-member trustees with balance sheets and new insurance arrangements leads to these funds attracting the same attention for civil penalties and remediation as for-profit funds remains to be seen.
The recently announced duty to act in members’ best financial interests increases the likelihood that trustees will come under pressure to justify rising insurance premiums, particularly in respect of MySuper members who hold default coverage.
After 12 years at Cbus, former CEO David Atkin is focussed on nudging the business world away from short-termism towards the wholistic, long-term investment timeframes of superannuation funds.
The settlement of a recent case brought by a member of Rest Super Fund against the trustee is an important reminder of the importance for long term fiduciary investors to pay attention to climate and other ESG related risks to investments.
In episode 69, Alex Proimos speaks with Barnaby Wiener, portfolio manager, head of sustainability and stewardship at MFS.
In episode 68, Alex Proimos speaks with Mo Khan, vice president, senior quantitative research analyst at Causeway Capital Management.
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