In this episode, Alex Proimos, head of domestic content, Conexus Financial, chats with Rob Pruguel, principal consultant at Callidum Investment Research, about vulnerability as we restart the global economy, consolidation with superannuation and how bigger isn’t always better.
Aware Super maps AI exposure as it sharpens whole-of-portfolio risk focus
Australia’s third-largest pension fund Aware Super is taking stock of its investment exposure to AI and the initial analysis suggests at least 15 per cent of the fund’s assets are exposed to the thematic. In a project deep dive, head of investment strategy Michael Winchester says finding the portfolio's true concentration around AI will require looking beyond simple dollar aggregation.
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Opportunity Australia – 2011
High profile members of Australia’s financial services sector, senior political figures and offshore managers met last month in New York and London to discuss the risks and opportunities involved in entering Australia’s fast growing investment market. Australia’s ambassador to the United States, Kim Beazley, was at key note speaker in New York and other speakers
Tips for looking under a manager’s kimono
Trouble-shooting consultant, Jim Ware, who has worked with the likes of Texas Teachers and Cornell University, gives his tips on selecting managers and as well as how to deal with the “investment” personality type, which makes up only 5 per cent of the population.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
UN fund increases indirect exposure
The $38 billion United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF) has begun to implement the recommendations of the Hewitt Ennis Knupp asset-liability study which, among other things, recommended higher allocations to indirect assets, emerging markets and private equity.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Investing for the long run
Long‐horizon investors have an edge. This paper argues to take advantage of the long-run investors should institutionalise contrarian behaviour by adopting a rebalancing rule, and redefining the concept of risk away from just volatility.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Public funds stick to aggressive targets
As US public pension funds grapple with the thorny question of what is an achievable rate of return, a survey of 126 public pension funds has revealed the median actuarial rate of return remains at 8 per cent.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Sustainability in members interest academic says
Asset owners have a responsibility to consider whether their investment strategies are potentially damaging to long-term sustainable wealth creation and are, therefore, not in the best interests of beneficiaries, Harvard University’s David Wood says.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
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