Amara Haqqani: Super in 2020 – Copernicus, Warren Buffet’s swimming naked, and pitchforks in the street

In this episode, Alex Proimos, head of domestic content, Conexus Financial, chats with Amara Haqqani, director, insights and strategy at Milliman, about grassroots conversations about stopping the super guarantee, the industry’s Copernican moment of kicking product to the kerb, and what the real black swan event has been for super during the Coronavirus crisis.

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The Austin advantage: Texas Teachers talks optimism, innovation and growth

The Austin advantage: Texas Teachers talks optimism, innovation and growth

Jase Auby, TRS's celebrated CIO, explains why TPA doesn't fit with its culture; why community push back on data centres could turn out to be an investor advantage, and argues the case for continuing to invest in fossil fuels. Top1000funds.com sat down with the CIO in his Austin office for an all-encompassing conversation.

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CPP most transparent fund: GPTB

CPP Investments has topped the list of the most transparent funds according to the Global Pension Transparency Benchmark, which has revealed the scores of the 75 underlying funds from 15 countries for the first time. Check out all the fund results.

The complex science of integrating impact into portfolio design

Incorporating impact into a risk/return framework creates additional dimensionality and significantly increasing the complexity of the portfolio design challenge. David Bell from The Conexus Institute explores the technical challenge of navigating the 3-D investment framework.

BHP chief executive Mike Henry on the energy transition

BHP chief executive, Mike Henry, explores the growing role of mined commodities in the global energy transition. This fireside chat was hosted by Amanda White at the Australian Fiduciary Investors Symposium in June. Henry talks about the company's progress and the challenges of Scope 3 emissions.

Alaska’s recruitment challenges threaten performance and reputation

Recruitment and retention of investment and operations staff at the $79.4 billion Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation is now so acute the fund is exposed to operational risk with potential adverse impacts on performance and corporate reputation.

CDPQ’s infrastructure portfolio forges ahead with bet on Middle East growth

CDPQ’s large and growing infrastructure portfolio deliberately hunts large, direct investments in new geographies where returns come from generating growth in the underlying companies. Top1000funds.com talks to Emmanuel Jaclot, executive vice-president, and head of infrastructure in an interview from CDPQ’s Montreal headquarters.

Temasek drops exposure to China on pandemic and property headwinds

Singapore's Temasek pares back on China in favour of local assets as pandemic restrictions bite. Temasek has been investing in China for 20 years and for the last decade it has been its best performing market, but CIO Rohit Sipahimalani thinks China may face challenges achieving its 2022 growth target.

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