This session is a case study of First State Super’s decision to internalise its systematic investment capability with the help of HSBC.

Investors have witnessed the effect of COVID-19 on financial and real assets. What impact has the health crisis had on insurance and reinsurance?

Since the first person contracted COVID-19, we have witnessed a quantum change in how we approach medicine. What may have taken 10 years historically has been achieved in 6 weeks as a network of 300 hospitals joined with Amazon and IBM in using big data and AI to save lives. So, what comes next?

In this session, panelists will discuss whether it is best for a fund to structurally change the strategic asset allocation or to make tactical bets to generate alpha.

Three-quarters of new global electricity generation capacity built last year used renewable energy. While the trajectory has been positive, how should investors view the recent turmoil in oil markets and its relative impact on the fundamentals and asset performance for renewable energy globally?

In this session, VFMC’s CEO and CIO will talk about the organisation’s transformation across technology, investment expertise, leadership, culture and capability to position VFMC for the next decade.

The lure of uncorrelated returns and low volatility has led to an insatiable demand for unlisted assets but those characteristics have been shaken in the face of the current economic and health crisis. How should investors marry the risks of unlisted assets with the rewards? 

In this session two CIOs discuss how they are working with their teams, managing stakeholders and reviewing portfolio allocations.

After a decade of central bank stimulus and risky asset price support, investors became oblivious to malinvestment and mischaracterised risk.

In this session, four fiduciaries discuss the questions being asked around the virtual committee tables, redefining the responsibilities of super funds, decision-making in a time of immense disruption, and ensuring best practice governance in a crisis environment.

Are emerging markets the next domino to fall? While EM demographics and debt levels are comparatively better than developed markets, is the region resilient to hot money outflows that are common during a crisis?

The rush for liquidity by investors and the response by central banks globally to the current crisis has created dislocations in the capital markets and led to a mispricing of risk.