In this episode, Amanda White, director of institutional content, Conexus Financial, chats with Andre Snellen, chair of the Pensioenfonds Detailhandel in the Netherlands about what Australia can learn from other systems around the world.
Andre Snellen: An international comparison of the pension systems
Investor Profile
Why internal management at Canada’s BCI includes ESG
For pension funds with large in-house teams that are also navigating the risk and opportunity of sustainable investment, a global head of ESG can play a vital role. Jennifer Coulson, the investor's first global head of ESG, explains why.
Sarah RundellJune 6, 2023
Featured Story
SWIB talks active equity as a Best Ideas portfolio takes off
Susan Schmidt, head of public equities at SWIB, talks about the fund's new Best Ideas portfolio. Despite technology's reach and market efficiencies, there is still ample room for a fundamental approach where human skill and a unique investment culture find mispriced opportunities.
Sarah RundellMay 25, 2023
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As Japan’s GPIF builds out PE, new research flags measurement method
For investors struggling to develop better ways to measure private equity fund performance, researchers at the giant Japanese fund, GPIF, suggest an alternative measurement model that compares private and public assets more accurately.
Sarah RundellMay 25, 2023
Featured Story
APFC mulls self evaluation and more board members in governance revamp
In a recent board meeting, trustees at APFC heard from governance experts on the importance of self evaluation; why rules around trustee contact with investment staff are important and how more board members could support oversight at the sovereign wealth fund.
Sarah RundellMay 23, 2023
Uncategorised posts
PFZW nails down costs; economies of scale pay off
Dutch fund PFZW manages to keep a lid on costs which fell to 0.42 per cent of invested capital last year, comfortably below its target of no more than 0.50 per cent of assets. Economies of scale pay off despite private markets accounting for well over three quarters of total.
Sarah RundellMay 23, 2023
Organisational Design
What does it take to succeed at scale?
As the Australian superannuation funds evolve and get bigger they face a question of whether to copy the organisational structures of their bigger, more sophisticated Canadian counterparts, or find their own way that more adequately befits some of their unique features and better serves members.
Amanda WhiteMay 18, 2023
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Fixed income and active equity pay off at Brazil’s FUNCEF
Switching out of equities into fixed income last year has helped swell returns at Brazil’s Fundação dos Economiários Federais, FUNCEF. Other return-boosting strategies included active equity investment.
Sarah RundellMay 18, 2023
