Fiduciary Investors Symposium
US-China trade war benign, for now: QIC
The two powers’ tariff battle has had only a minor impact to date but could have a big negative effect on worldwide growth if it escalates.
Ben HurleyOctober 22, 2018
asia
Infrastructure & Real Estate Conference
Eight-year bull run breeds private-market caution
Asset investors revealed their strategies as they shifted gears for a downturn – and appreciation in the next cycle.
Meredith BoothMay 3, 2018
Events
Local super funds’ infrastructure pursuits a model for Asia
The APEC 2017 gathering underscored the need for long-term infrastructure investment in the region. Australia’s example shows a way forward.
Mark KonynJanuary 12, 2018
Hedge Funds
UniSuper: in defiance of accepted thinking
Mention any asset class to John Pearce and he will doggedly set out the good and bad thinking around it. A common source of his ire is the sight of investors herding around a belief based on a lack of rigorous thinking. Good practice for him involves standing up to accepted thinking or at the […]
David RowleyJune 7, 2013
Unintentional
Super, apart from the REST
Jo Townsend, the chief investment officer at REST Industry Super, says the fund tries not to get caught up in the day-today noise of investment markets. REST is not only investing according to a long-term horizon, it’s willing to depart from the pack when making investment decisions. “Our fundamental investment belief is that it is […]
Amal AwadMarch 18, 2013
Hedge Funds
Hostplus focuses on emerging markets as growth engines
Asia, demographics and growth engines have led to a greater emerging market exposure for Hostplus, says chief investment officer Sam Sicilia. The superannuation fund recently invested $140 million as part of a diversification strategy that encompasses global emerging markets. “We also had a focus on where the growth engines in the world would be, and […]
Amal AwadJanuary 14, 2013
Investment Strategy
Tyndall’s Mike Davis goes back to the future
Mike Davis had been at Tyndall Investment Management less than two months yet has already got his former employees to work with him at the $22.5 billion asset manager. Davis and Tim Martin started Causeway Asset Management in 2003 to invest in private debt. Now Martin and five others will join their old colleague June […]
I & T NewsJune 1, 2012
Investment Strategy
Maple Brown Abbott’s steady hand on the tiller
Garth Rossler does not believe his job as managing director of Maple Brown Abbott means change at the $10 billion asset manager. The Durban, South African born Rossler has worked at the Sydney-based Maple Brown Abbot for 15 years. He believes continuity in fund management is what is required. “At the end of the day […]
I & T NewsMay 29, 2012