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Garry Evans, Chief Strategist - Global Asset Allocation, BCA Research
Many investors are asking themselves if a 60-40 equity/bond portfolio makes sense anymore. If bond yields, and therefore likely bond returns, are so low, why should investors own government bonds at all? And, if you do not want to hold bonds much further into the future, what do you buy?
Read MoreSuzanne Tavill, Global Head of Responsible Investing, StepStone Group
Investing mainstream capital purposefully with particular non-financial outcomes in mind, at the aggregate societal level, may shift sufficient capital flows to address climate change and build a more just and equitable society. However, responsible investing, like any fast-evolving space requires standardisation of policies and processes and for investors to master the tools of trade around non-financial issues.
Read MoreDebbie Alliston, Chief Investment Officer, AMP Capital, Multi-Asset Group
The market environment continues to present ongoing and evolving challenges. It is evident that zero rates and QE programs are not going away any time soon, and those policies will also keep evolving. This necessitates the adaptation of what a ‘defensive’ portfolio looks like.
Read MoreMatt Whineray, Chief Executive Officer, NZ Super Fund
As an industry we need to think long term and holistically about performance, to achieve better outcomes for our ultimate beneficiaries.
The challenge is to ensure that the individual decisions that make up our financial system are made not just with short term financial success in mind, but with our ultimate beneficiaries’ long-term interests at heart. With that in mind, the Fund underwent a portfolio review in 2020 from which a number of important decisions were reached.
Winston Ma, CFA & Esq., Adjunct Professor, NYU School of Law, Former Managing Director, China Investment Corporation, Author of China's Mobile Economy, The Hunt for Unicorns and The Digital War
SWFs are the frontier investors in today’s capital markets. Collectively, they are estimated to have US$30 trillion in assets under management and as a result, wield enormous power in the financial world.
With so many exciting developments – and global tensions – in play at the moment which sit at the intersection of sovereign investment funds, cross-border tech investing and digital economy regulations, Winston finds himself back in the midst of capital market for tech investing and making sense of the rapid changes taking place.
Tony Crabb, National director, Research, Cushman and Wakefield
Government policy, demographics, technology and the environment, are but a few of the many drivers impacting the prospects for returns in commercial property. In this interview we explore these and some of the other key trends impacting returns, the key trends unfolding in markets now and where investors can look to capitalise on opportunities in the coming years.
Read MoreCOVID-19 has possibly triggered a paradigm shift. Seemingly, it will be very difficult to go back to doing what we used to do, in the way we used to do it. The focus for me in my role primarily centres around assessing the impact of COVID-19 on both investments and business strategy and thinking about how to develop a longer-term approach that is robust to whatever the new normal will look like as we emerge from the crisis.
Read MoreInvestors should be wary of paying a premium for investment strategies that worked well over the past 10 years.
Rather, investors should be focusing on themes that will benefit from the combination of re-activated fiscal policy, the preparedness of central bankers to accommodate ballooning budget deficits as a means of trying to push inflation higher, and the growing market power of ‘Big Tech’.
Read MoreA razor-sharp focus on resilience marks a back-to-basics approach to investing. Market prices will increasingly reconnect with their fundamentals as key central banks lose potency in artificially boosting asset values and dampening volatility. Their debt monetisation policies – including yield curve control – will erode their independence and see the return of inflation.
Read MoreWith the heavy focus of Australian institutional investors on exploring opportunities in China, we spoke with Dr Henry Zhang, Chief Investment Officer of a China based hedge fund, High Hope Wisdom Capital and discussed the key dynamics playing out in China that make it an attractive destination for foreign capital and how best to access the opportunity set.
Read MorePerformance matters. Funds not seeking to improve their performance metrics may be forced to close to new membership under APRA’s Performance Benchmarking.
Read MoreThere is evidence of growing consumer interest and care in how and where their money is invested. A ‘financial returns at all costs’ approach no longer stands up to scrutiny as an investment thesis.
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