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Absolute Returns Conference Digital 2020

Consultants dial up transparency and culture assessment of alternatives

“Everyone loves to hear about culture now,” according to Willis Towers Watson's Sara Rejal, who noted during a panel discussion at the Absolute Returns Conference Digital 2020 conference on Wednesday that funds are interested in a broader due diligence particularly with its hedge fund and alternative strategy partners.

Matthew SmithSeptember 23, 2020

Fixed Income

The new defensive: Is there life after bonds?

Investors are facing some deeper thinking about defensive asset classes, portfolio diversification and income generation in light of the diminished attributes bonds now hold in light of unique circumstances financial markets are throwing up. Experts discuss the evolving environment and consider relevant defensive strategies.

Matthew SmithJuly 27, 2020

Alternatives

Alternatives a ‘loser’s game’: Ennis Knupp founder

Richard Ennis, an early pioneer of quant investing and co-founder of US investment consultancy giant EnnisKnupp, has a simple message for fund trustees: Liquidate your alternative investments and put the proceeds into index funds.

Ben HurleyJuly 6, 2020

Absolute Returns Conference

Mine Wealth + Wellbeing hunting for idiosyncratic returns

Mine Wealth + Wellbeing is hunting for idiosyncratic returns, while lifting its exposure to hedge fund, multi-asset and alternative assets.

Mark StoryAugust 8, 2017

Hedge Funds

Risk avoidance may be the biggest risk of all

Kevin Haran explains that most Australian investors, like their global counterparts, are embracing risk to combat low interest rates.

Kevin HaranJune 6, 2017

CIO profiles

Profile: Oscar Fabian, CIO, VicSuper

VicSuper is about to launch a scientific, analysis-driven approach to enhance its dynamic asset allocation. The project, which has been one year in the making, is pooling sources of information on its investment holdings into a data warehouse. It will use this superior information on the risks and opportunities it faces, to help better inform […]

David RowleyApril 27, 2015

Opinion

Infrastructure assets: not a silver bullet for inflation

It is commonly stated that infrastructure helps protect portfolios from inflation, but Justin Webb, associate director of Access Capital and member of the Investment Management Consultants Association & Mike Wright senior associate at Access Capital Partners believe this claim does not always stand up to close scrutiny. It is often claimed that infrastructure investments provide […]

Staff WriterMay 28, 2014

Investment Strategy

Gulf in best practice growing on alternatives

Some funds are “throwing money out of the window” on alternative assets, by not working out clear objectives for their allocations, according to a senior strategist at QIC. Speaking at the Conexus Fiduciary Investors’ Symposium on the Mornington Peninsula, Tony McKenzie, chief strategist for global multi-asset, told of a widening gulf between funds with highly […]

David RowleyDecember 2, 2013

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