investment management

Industry

Investment consultants evolve as super industry consolidates

Investment consultants are being spread thinner across an increasingly broad base as super funds are forced to share the top minds with wealth managers, charities, universities and anyone else with a knowledge gap to fill.

Tahn SharpeMay 6, 2021

Industry View

Impact investing needs a common language

Settling on conventions for impact management will get many more asset owners on board, Bridges Fund Management's Brian Trelstad writes.

Brian TrelstadNovember 3, 2017

Industry View

Active or passive? The answer depends on the fund

Decisions about whether to award a mandate to an active manager or an indexed provider must be based on the asset owner's strengths.

Mary McLaughlinSeptember 18, 2017

Industry View

The thinking behind HESTA’s new investment strategy

HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey explains the drivers behind the $36 billion industry fund’s plan to expand its internal investment team.

Debby BlakeyApril 10, 2017

Hedge Funds

Conexus Super Awards 2017 | CIO of Year Cbus’ Donohue & Fok

Cbus’ Trish Donohue and Kristian Fok were joint recipients of the coveted title of Chief Investment Officer of the Year at the Conexus Financial Superannuation Awards 2017.

Dan Purves and Sally RoseMarch 10, 2017

Events

Super Fund of the Year 2017 and other winners revealed

The winners of the Conexus Financial Superannuation Awards 2017 were unveiled at a black-tie event at the Ivy in Sydney on March 9, 2017.

Dan PurvesMarch 9, 2017

Hedge Funds

Smart beta: is it worth it?

Most smart-beta offerings fall into the same trap as index strategies: blindly following a set of criteria even when the strategy is underperforming. Instead, beta harvesters should be more thoughtful, according to Tim Gardener, head of institutional client strategy at AXA Investment Managers, who also believes smart-beta strategies are overpriced. “In beta strategies, market cap […]

Amanda WhiteSeptember 2, 2013

Unintentional

Catholic by name, catholic by nature

In his seventh year as chair of Catholic Super in Victoria, Peter Bugden can comfortably say he’s witnessed notable growth in the fund. What first began in 1971 as a niche offering to Catholic school employees is now an Australia-wide public offer fund, with around $5 billion under management following a period of growth – […]

Amal AwadMay 13, 2013

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