In this episode, Alex Proimos, head of institutional content at Investment Magazine, chats with Aaron Minney, head of retirement income research at Challenger, about a range of topics including deaccumulation, sequencing risk and income generation in retirement.
Border to Coast hunts strategic partners as private markets set to surge
The UK’s LGPS pool, £120 billion ($161 billion) Border to Coast, is hunting for strategic relationships with asset managers and global asset owners as it prepares to invest £40 billion in private markets. Chief executive Rachel Elwell speaks to Top1000funds.com about the fund's approach to finding long-term partnerships in the market.
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Risk takers vs scalers: Investors split on where to access innovation
Investors are still split on whether it’s better to hunt for innovative companies in the public or private markets. But the biggest consideration for investing in new technologies might have more to do with liquidity.
NZ Super co-CIOs chart TPA vision; hunt for new alpha sources
As NZ Super nuts out growing pains in processes and technology, it has made some recent decisions to change its governance route including appointing two co-CIOs, Brad Dunstan and Will Goodwin, last year. In an interview, they discuss the co-delegation model, the evolution of TPA, and new alpha sources.
HESTA prepares AI investment framework for total fund clarity
The A$98 billion ($64 billion) Australian super fund HESTA is laying the groundwork for a more systematic framework for using AI across its total portfolio, solidifying use cases in research, forecasting, risk management and private assets that all centres on the objective of “seeing risks earlier and clearer”.
US Department of Labor slams OECD on ‘Marxist’ ESG policies
The US Department of Labor has publicly condemned the OECD for “pushing members to politicise their pension systems by integrating ESG factors unmoored from returns”, declaring that it will no longer support the OECD's responsible investment principles and the concept of ESG "a Marxist march through corporate culture".
Future Fund flags expansion of active equity program
Emerging markets, Europe and Japan are all in focus for Australia’s sovereign wealth fund as it looks to ramp up active equities and diversify its exposures, as the fund grows wary of US markets amidst heightened political uncertainty.
Litigation, fees and structures: Why 401(k) plans won’t jump into alts, yet
President Trump has fired the starting gun on encouraging America's 401(k) plans to invest in private assets but corporate plans remain concerned about fees, structures and litigation. Meanwhile many DB funds are voicing their concerns about how it might impact access to investments, alpha, and change the asset class.
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