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Investor Weekly



Have industry funds lost their price advantage?

Something has been happening within industry funds. Slowly and very surely, industry fund prices have been rising, Tria Investment Partners' Andrew Baker has found. ... read more »

Financial condition reports a must post Cooper

Superannuation funds should introduce financial condition reports to manage the myriad risks that will need to be addressed post Cooper, says Mercer's Darren Wickham. ... read more »

Gearing up for Cooper's SuperStream

The Australian superannuation industry is going to have to work as one if the sector is to become an efficient machine in the 21st century. Fiona Harris investigates. ... read more »

ESG makes infrastructure more defensive

ESG issues impact on infrastructure stock performance and should be fully integrated into an investment process, writes CFSGAM's Peter Meany. ... read more »

Rethinking portfolio construction

Mercer explains how the firm applied the lessons learned from the GFC to its investment portfolios.... read more »

Is now a good time to go passive?

The logic behind passive investing in equity markets does not apply to the fixed interest market, PIMCO's John Wilson explains.... read more »

The next frontier

Increased life expectancy and a changing retirement landscape are posing a number of challenges for superannuation funds in addressing the post-retirement needs of their members. Christine St Anne reports.... read more »

Boring is a safe strategy for now

Boring is a sound investment strategy for now, Wingate's Chad Padowitz says. ... read more »

Thinking beyond BRIC

Australian superannuation funds should consider an increased allocation to the two outstanding emerging markets in the region, John Pereira says.... read more »

Active management in Aust equities - when does it work?

As many active managers have struggled to add value in recent years, Frontier's Natasha Kronouer looks at whether there is merit to maintaining an active strategy. ... read more »

'Chindia' defies private equity doomsayers

China and India are offering some sustainable opportunities in private equity investment, according to Adveq.... read more »

Participating in China's growth: go direct or indirect?

Accessing China via specialist China or Asian funds is a good option for institutional investors, according to Asia Pacific Asset Management.... read more »

Targeting the right default option

With more than half of Australia's superannuation assets held by members aged over 50, it is time to ask why typical default funds do not provide an adequate mix of growth and protection for all members, Deutsche Bank says. ... read more »

The quiet achiever

Superannuation Minister Chris Bowen recently moved into the portfolio without much fanfare, but the young cabinet minister has a clear view of what he wants to achieve in his new job and where he wants to steer the superannuation system. Alice Uribe reports.... read more »

Expanding the ESG horizon

By Joseph Fekete, Clearway Capital Solutions joint managing director and principal

While ESG strategies have been incorporated into mainstream asset classes, investors are now looking to include these principles in alternative assets. Clearway's Joseph Fekete assesses the trend. ... read more »

The Cooper review survival guide

By Adrian Johnstone

The motto 'be prepared' has informed the actions of the Boy Scout movement since it was coined by Robert Baden-Powell in 1907. Sequential's Adrian Johnstone thinks this is good advice for industry executives as the Cooper review unfolds.... read more »

An investment view on climate change

By Ed Smith

It is imperative superannuation funds consider the potential risks and opportunities that arise from climate change and how these can potentially be mitigated and accessed respectively, Frontier Investment Consulting's Ed Smith says. ... read more »

Asia transformed

Cover Story

By Christine St Anne

The Asian financial crisis of 1997 was the catalyst that drove companies in the region to transform into more disciplined operations. How is the region positioned to withstand the current global financial crisis? Christine St Anne reports.... read more »

The drive for capital

Opportunistic credit emerges

By Gary Stead, Shearwater Capital Group co-founder

Opportunistic credit has come onto the radar of institutional investors as supply and demand gaps in credit markets emerge. ... read more »

Can America reinvent itself?

By Christine St Anne

Futurist Keith Suter last year told a Sydney conference if the US can elect a young black president with Hussein as his middle name, then the country can reinvent itself.... read more »

 
 

 
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