I chat with Sean, senior quantitative analyst at Mine Super, on the scientific process, uncertainty and the changing relationship between academia and the private sector in Australia.
Nothing on this podcast is to be considered investment advice or a recommendation. No investment decision or activity should be undertaken without first seeking qualified and professional advice.
A concentrated bet on fewer, better GP relationships is paying off for one of Australia's largest superannuation funds. Built on selective manager and deal selection rather than a broad roster, the A$112 billion ($78 billion) Rest Super delivered private equity returns more than double the peer average last financial year, as the fund proactively courts top-tier PE firms instead of waiting to be approached.
Investors are looking to continue to scale-back their exposure to US equities, increase their allocation to fixed-interest assets and strongly focus on the liability side of their balance sheets, a recent survey of funds in the US and Europe found.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke’s speech at the International Monetary Conference this week reveals the delicate balance between the (stagnant) state of the US economy and the enormous growth of the emerging market economies.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Performance-based fee compensation relies on performance fee models that require that specific parameters be clearly stipulated in the investment management agreeement. This case study is one example of the misinterpretation that can occur when the fee model’s parameters are not specifically defined. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Investing in commodities via passive strategies presents some unique challenges due in part to the structure of futures contracts. GE Asset Management which has been managing commodities for the GE pension fund for five years, and opened that expertise to external clients last year, believes a better approach is active management using fundamentals. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored
Despite much work on hedging in incomplete markets, the literature still lacks tractable dynamic hedges in plausible environments, in this article, Professor Suleyman Basak and Dr Georgy Chabakauri provide a simple solution to this problem.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
The newly appointed senior investment officer of the alternative investments management program at CalPERS, Real Desrochers, will have authority and management delegation reinstated after it was withdrawn when the former SIO resigned amid a fraud lawsuit.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
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