Opportunities galore as super funds size up their asset allocation for turbulent times

After a tumultuous past 12 months, set off by the crisis in the US sub-prime mortgage market, some financial institu­tions are still looking shaky, the sharemar­ket remains in the doldrums at 30 per cent below its peak, consumer and investor confidence is low and inflation looms as another possible dark cloud on the horizon.

In a roundtable in Melbourne last month, Conexus Financial (publisher of Investment & Technology) and BNY Mellon Asset Management discussed “The Age of Turbulence: Managing Risk and the Implications for Asset Allocation” with some leading super fund executives and asset consultants.


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Opportunities galore as super funds size up their asset allocation for turbulent times

After a tumultuous past 12 months, set off by the crisis in the US sub-prime mortgage market, some financial institu­tions are still looking shaky, the sharemar­ket remains in the doldrums at 30 per cent below its peak, consumer and investor confidence is low and inflation looms as another possible dark cloud on the horizon.

In a roundtable in Melbourne last month, Conexus Financial (publisher of Investment & Technology) and BNY Mellon Asset Management discussed “The Age of Turbulence: Managing Risk and the Implications for Asset Allocation” with some leading super fund executives and asset consultants.

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