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
Finland’s Elo: Larger equity allocations promise new media scrutiny
As Finland's pension funds prepare to increase their equity allocations to unprecedented levels compared to global peers, they must also navigate a new and unfamiliar risk. Elo's chief investment officer Jonna Ryhänen explains the fund's investment approach going forward and how it will manage stakeholder and media scrutiny as they react to swinging volatility and returns.
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Navy fund outsourcing a first for Towers Watson in CIO role
The $4.75 billion (£3 billion) UK Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund has upgraded its relationship with consultant Towers Watson, having appointed the firm as its “delegated chief investment officer”, which is the first such arrangement for the consultant.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Currency: a zero-sum game fiduciaries are forced to play
The biggest decision facing pension fund investment committees this year could well be their position on currencies, particularly the greenback and the euro. The currency decision is never an easy one to make and at the moment it seems particularly difficult as politics is overlaid onto market fundamentals.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
New governance guidelines for fiduciary investors
The International Corporate Governance Network has published an updated set of guidelines for fiduciary investors to help assess and control corporate risk in their portfolios.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
US corporate funds lead on DAA, says Hewitt EnnisKnupp
Corporate US pension funds are more advanced than their public fund counterparts in using dynamic asset allocation to effect in managing asset liability matching, says Russell Ivinjack, principal at Hewitt EnnisKnupp.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Investors fail in long-term market
Our obsession with quarterly corporate earnings is a market failure, according to Colin Melvin, CEO of Hermes Equity Ownership Services, and can only be corrected by action from institutional asset owners. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Better pensions, no added cost
Denmark’s Labour Market Supplementary Pension Plan (ATP) concluded that its approach to pension management needed to change.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
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