In episode 65, Alex Proimos speaks with Maria Wilton, Vice-Chair of the CFA Institute board of governors, and David Knox, senior partner at Mercer and the lead author of the Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index.
“There needs to be some really clear thinking about repair of personal balance sheets post-Covid”, says Michael Drew, who points to the importance of relational governance in light of the government’s early access scheme and selloffs in financial markets.
Members aren’t looking for holistic financial planning advice in the sense of a traditional six-step financial planning process – they are looking to solve practical and immediate problems, they are looking for decision support, and they’re looking to learn, but not necessarily be educated or taught.
The range of forecastable economic outcomes is as wide as its ever been, says MLC Asset Management portfolio manager Myooran Mahalingham. Tread lightly on the hunt for alpha, and keep the fundamentals front of mind.
In episode 64, Alex Proimos speaks with Darren Wills, managing director, APAC head of fixed income iShares and institutional index at Blackrock.
While the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted Australians in many ways, for cancer patients the virus has presented a particular set of risks and challenges. To ensure customers living with the disease have access to the best support possible during these times, AIA Australia (AIAA) has expanded the kinds of assistance available through its partnership with … Read more
In episode 63, Alex Proimos speaks with Michael E. Drew, chief investment officer, of MGD Private and professor of finance at Griffith University
The outgoing Media Super chair, Labor stalwart, staunch industry fund advocate and one-time Australian Financial Review editor says we should put the current pace of industry change into perspective. Despite a raft of ongoing debate, crises and reform, the upheaval needed to get super off the ground was a much bigger struggle.
The key to addressing complexity and subjectivity in my experience is through good engagement. For engagement to work there needs to be a level of trust. Trusting can be difficult when significant agency issues exist.
Each of the three countries ranked above Australia in the Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension index – The Netherlands, Denmark and Israel – have contribution rates into their funded pension arrangements of 12 per cent or higher.
In episode 62, Alex Proimos speaks Michael Cross, global head of sovereign and public funds at HSBC Global Asset Management.
The shift of policy influence in recent years from Treasury to the ministers’ offices has likely contributed to the design of government’s new performance measurement which has been panned by experts.
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