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
Beyond asset classes: Active credit becomes the test case for Florida’s portfolio evolution
Florida State Board of Administration has built an active credit portfolio spanning public and private markets, CIO Lamar Taylor says the initiative could be the first step in a broader shift away from traditional asset-class investing towards a framework centred on return drivers and risk exposures.
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Asset owners must prepare for ‘fast and furious’ AI debt wave
Corporate AI implementation is accelerating, not decelerating, all around the world, and the capital need is vast, with significant debt issuance still to come. Asset owners have to decide where they want to get involved, and how.
Credit market flashes warning sign for software investors: SVP
The credit market is seeing elevated default rates that could climb over the next few years, spelling trouble for software investors, according to the founder and CIO of Strategic Value Partners. Red flags are also showing up in private credit.
Investors head back to EM as US tech capex bill mounts
US tech mega caps are grappling with surging capital expenditure, casting doubt on whether the premium attached to these stocks in the AI super cycle has become detached from fundamentals. Investors are now turning their attention to emerging markets equities where they have the opportunity to buy into the AI hype at a much lower price.
China tech rivalry is ‘existential’ for the US – and diversification
Decades of US economic and financial supremacy have made diversification away from it a drag on returns for many investors, but the forces that have underpinned that supremacy may now be coming to an end.
AustralianSuper built scale – now its new CIO needs to make it work
The $295 billion AustralianSuper has spent two decades building scale, but Shaun Manuell's task as the fund's new chief investment officer is to ensure Australia's largest pension fund can operate effectively with it. As short-term performance pressure mounts on the fund and its assets set to hit A$1 trillion ($718 billion) by 2035, the local equities boss-turned-CIO will see his legacy defined by whether he can transform AustralianSuper from a domestic giant to a global leader.
Why Asian equities’ growth will outlast the AI-driven semiconductor cycle
In the latest episode of the Fiduciary Investors Series, Liao spoke with Top1000funds.com Asia Pacific correspondent Darcy Song on why the convergence of innovation, demographics and improving shareholder returns makes Asian equities an increasingly compelling diversification trade for asset owners navigating a geopolitically fractured world.
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