Aussie funds look for competitive edge
The CIOs of two of Australia’s largest asset owners, Aware Super and UniSuper are looking to enhance their competitive advantage in an increasingly concentrated superannuation market.
Private equity’s shorter investment period causes headaches
Institutional investors are seeing their investment period with some private equity managers shorten. The time the GP invests in a company until the time they exit is reducing, meaning that investors are getting more cash coming back than forecast in their pacing models.
FCLTGlobal: Climate risk visible in all transactions
Investors should allocate more to emerging markets to solve the climate emergency and consider climate risk in every transaction. Quebec’s CDPQ now aligns a portion of its variable employee compensation to achieving climate targets at the asset owner.
New Zealand Super reviews risk budget
New Zealand Super just returned its best-ever result of nearly 30 per cent. In addition to the gains from its overweight position to equities the fund also fully hedged the currency. Amanda White explores the fund’s strategy and the risk budgeting review currently under way.
Limited talent pool hits diversity
Asset owners increasingly encourage their asset managers to improve diversity, but both owners and managers report the need to grow diverse talent coming into the investment industry, according to recent research.
The roads from Glasgow stretch out in front of us
COP26 has had many critiques and Roger Urwin’s review, in this article, gives it just over half marks. The phrase ‘good COP, bad COP’ summarises it well and how to view it depends on framing and context.
