Mercer Pacific’s three key themes
Mercer’s Pacific CIO, Kylie Willment, has made tweaks to better align the portfolio with the potential effects of quantitative tightening, markets late in their cycles, and geopolitical risks.
Conflict in Iran: Investors mute the noise but inflation risk grows
Investors are watching conflict in the Middle East closely as inflationary pressures begin to build beneath the surface. One of the challenges for many investors is reduced exposure to the hedging benefits of fossil fuels in listed, and private markets.
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CareSuper CIO active and determined
The CIO of the $10 billion superannuation fund for office workers has her team and investment philosophy in place, with a long-term focus and a mindset that says settling is never an option.
CIO ready to leverage tech at IOOF
New IOOF chief investment officer Dan Farmer is looking to reduce correlated risk and diversify into alternative assets. To help achieve all this, he’s undertaking an ambitious software project.
Absolute returns boost Statewide
Australia’s Statewide Super is a top performer under Con Michalakis who embraces absolute returns and active managers while fighting against what he sees as the greatest risk of all, complacency.
Future Fund focuses on technology
The lessons learned from embedding ESG risk management processes into the Future Fund’s portfolio can be readily applied to helping the fund improve its risk management for technological change.
AustralianSuper CIO Mark Delaney
Mark Delaney sees an opportunity to make money from Brexit and a bright side to the tumult of US President Donald Trump.
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