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.
Amara Haqqani: Super in 2020 – Copernicus, Warren Buffet’s swimming naked, and pitchforks in the street
CPP, NBIM CEOs swap notes on leading through teams, not bureaucracy
In a high-level exchange between two of the world's largest and most sophisticated asset owners, CPP Investments’ chief executive John Graham shared a leadership lesson with Norges Bank Investment Management chief executive Nicolai Tangen: having an aligned senior team is one of the most critical things a leader can build. The two funds, which are consistently leaders in transparency, also exchanged playbooks on managing bureaucracy at large organisations.
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CalSTRS factors in net zero implications
CalSTRS is putting in place building bricks to meet its 2050 net zero pledge in a process that underscores the complexity and size of the task in hand.
Active engagement needs research, cadence and materiality
Investor engagement and stewardship programmes seek to change corporate behaviour, reduce risk and shape positive real world impacts. But experts notice that to be most effective investors need to ensure they are seeking to change the most material and important issues.
Hydrocarbon investment could avoid global recession
United States policy has quietly encouraged India and other countries in Asia to buy Russian hydrocarbons to avoid a global recession, driven by energy and food shortages, according to US government adviser and Russia expert Stephen Kotkin. While “no one wants Russia to get away with” invading Ukraine, an energy supply shock prompted by sanctions
The challenge of investing sustainably in sovereign debt markets
Investors speaking at Sustainability in Practice reflect on the challenges of sustainable investment in the trillion-dollar sovereign debt market: engagement, choosing what to measure and the impact of elections on policy to name a few.
Bridgewater sees opportunity for impact and return in mining groups
After a decade of underinvestment, Carsten Stendevad, co-chief investment officer for sustainability at Bridgewater Associates sees impact and return opportunities in commodities.
Infrastructure investors hunt decarbonisation pathways
Investors discuss the importance of being able to decarbonise infrastructure assets over the long-term. It's leading to lacklustre appetite for investments that can't - like airports.
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