Tax and FX costs: where super funds leave money on the table
Poor handling of foreign exchange spreads and capital gains tax are among the ways funds are costing members, a conference has heard.
Northern Trust, J.P. Morgan, State Street win custody awards
The ACSA Awards salute voluntary efforts in support of its mission by women and men across the industry.
WA Super’s Chris West: Keeping score
The WA Super CIO wants to improve stakeholder engagement by explaining the rationale behind investment decisions.
Riding mixed assets through the credit cycle
Demand grows for MAC funds as diversification proves a boon for returns.
Photo gallery: Investment Operations Conference 2019
The 22nd Investment Magazine | Investment Operations Conference took place on February 26th and The Westin Hotel in Sydney.
LUCRF Super reshuffles board
LUCRF Super has named Joseph Di Leo its new chair, after former chair Tim Kennedy stepped into the deputy chair position.
Farmland remains an unloved asset class
Institutional investors are displaying marked reluctance to invest in farmland, due to the difficulties of building up a sizeable stake.
Private debt, public headaches
Banks have frequently lost money on commercial property – what does that mean for private debt and super funds?
Australian retail strong but not immune: Mercer
Local shopping centres have some advantages that make a free fall unlikely but that doesn’t mean challenges the sector faces globally will have no effect here, a UK expert warns
‘No limit’ to definition of infrastructure: Hostplus
Even as funds expand the number of assets they consider infrastructure, there is no need to re-classify the asset class, an expert panel has said.
Managing risk across multiple horizons
Recognising that most asset owners have multiple, and competing, time horizons is a step in the right direction for managing risk over the long term.
Opportunities in renewables on rise
The clean-energy market is becoming more attractive – but also more challenging – as ESG benchmarks becomes less nebulous
