Chasing scale at Cbus a priority for new CEO
Former Blackrock and Victorian Funds Management Corporation executive Justin Arter says he wants Cbus to sit among the largest funds in Australia.
Myer Foundation ESG portfolio alignment 90pc complete
The Myer retail-turned-philanthropy family is actively choosing environmental, social and good governance investments to drive its performance, a process it began two years ago, Martyn Myer explains.
Dutch pension giant APG’s view on accelerated change
APG’s CIO Peter Branner explains how the pandemic has accelerated key trends already underway around digitisation, central bank policy and action to combat climate change. It all points to fierce competition for private assets .
Jon Owen on compassion in a crisis
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Next level monetary policy to permeate everything in 2021: Bridgewater
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: A system reshaped during a crisis
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.
Top podcast interviews from 2020
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.
Sustainability, governance and financial performance get in lockstep
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.
Top event moments in 2020
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.
2020’s biggest stories in superannuation
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.
Industry fund trustees to mull balance sheet creation
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.
Screws tighten on trustees to justify rising insurance premiums
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.
