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
Why traditional investment committees can amplify group biases
Investment committee meetings, a governance cornerstone at every asset owner organisation, run the risk of amplifying group biases and social dynamics, and can push the IC towards recommending more extreme investment positions collectively than the average of their individual views. Bernhard Scherer, head of portfolio implementation at ADIA, unpacks the thesis in a new paper.
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Wurts polishes its silver
US consulting firm Wurts & Associates turns 25 this year, so Amanda White spoke to the founder, Bill Wurts, and managing director, Jeff MacLean, about the company’s transformation and the plans for the next quarter of a century.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Capital ventures forth … cautiously
Everyone likes venture capital. It’s one of the feel-good asset types that fiduciary investors can believe makes a difference to society. Unfortunately, for the past 10 years it has also, on average, lost money.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Climate-change cloud has silver lining: Mercer
Climate change could slash as much as 10 per cent off portfolios in the next 20 years, according to Mercer’s much-anticipated climate change report, the result of an 18-month collaboration with 14 institutional investors from around the globe.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
CalSTRS plugs holes in neat buckets with risk overlays
CalSTRS will employ a new way of evaluating portfolio risk which overlays risk across asset classes, rather than replacing asset classes with risk categories, and introduces six broad risk factors.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
CPPIB privately eyes its 75-year horizon
The $140 billion Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board participated in the largest private equity transaction globally in 2010 with its acquisition of Tomkins plc alongside Onex Corporation. Amanda White looks at the fund’s private investments. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Ontario Teachers puts hand up for triennial vote on pay
A say-on-pay vote every three years is preferable to an annual vote that could lead to a focus on short-term objectives, according to the $100 million Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan in its annual letter to more than 650 public companies around the world.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
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