CIO profiles
AustSafe’s Simon Mather: Harvesting a world of returns
AustSafe’s Simon Mather has developed an extensive collaboration with asset consultant JANA, to help the fund leverage its small size.
Simon HoyleJune 20, 2017
John Coombe
Custody
The struggle to implement RG97
Complying with the new demands from government is one of the biggest challenges to confront investment operations teams in decades.
Dan Purves and Sally RoseFebruary 21, 2017
Firestorm inbound on default super review
The Productivity Commission is reviewing the default super system, and whichever way the review leans, opinion will be divided.
Sally RoseNovember 16, 2016
Investment Strategy
Government biggest disruptor to superannuation, not technology: Jana
The biggest disruption to superannuation and its associated industries comes not from innovative technology companies, but from the government, according to JANA. Speaking at the Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA) annual conference, John Coombe, executive director of JANA, said it doesn’t matter how it is looked at, the superannuation industry only exists because it was […]
David Rowley and Dan PurvesNovember 12, 2015
Hedge Funds
SSgA calculates the optimal domestic equity allocation
An equities portfolio that truly maximises returns and minimises risk will have an allocation of only 34 per cent domestic equities and 66 per cent in global equities, according to Olivia Engel, head of active quantitative equity, Asia Pacific at State Street Global Advisors (SSgA). Research carried out by SSgA to find the optimal Sharpe […]
David RowleySeptember 9, 2015
Hedge Funds
Members’ market fears calmed
Funds experienced a higher than usual number of members switching out of growth assets in the market turmoil of the past few weeks, but nowhere near as high as the switching levels of 2008. Better communications have been attributed for the lower levels of switching as US markets experienced one of their largest ever one […]
David Rowley and Dan PurvesAugust 31, 2015
Hedge Funds
Investors demystify hedge funds
Institutional investors are shrewder purchasers of absolute return managers as their ability to identify risk-premia to match their portfolios improves. This was a common theme to conversations at the 8th annual Conexus Financial Absolute Returns conference in Sydney, at which representatives of the US and European based hedge fund managers Elementum Advisors, 36 South, GAM, […]
David RowleySeptember 19, 2014
Investment Strategy
‘Rush’ to boost internal investment capability
The pace of increase in internal investment teams at superannuation funds is increasing, according to an Investment Magazine survey. Feedback from 19 chief investment officers at some of the largest super funds found that 40 per cent are planning on adding internal capacity over the next three years. A year ago the same survey found […]
David RowleyNovember 25, 2013