BlackRock brings its own solution to ‘impossible’ retirement problem

Super funds are an accumulation wonder of the world, but when it comes to retirement they’re in the same leaky boat as every other defined contribution system. BlackRock wants to bail it out.

Lachlan Maddock | 27th Mar 2024 | More
Perpetual hands front office to State Street’s Charles River

Perpetual will use Charles River Development’s Investment Management Solution for its front-office operations as it prepares for an “evolving investment management landscape”.

Lachlan Maddock | 27th Mar 2024 | More
How Trump’s (potential) second innings could kickstart inflation

A second Trump presidency would see a new era of American economic protectionism, according to Allspring, sending inflation higher and global growth lower. And that’s without factoring in potential threats from China and Iran.

Staff Writer | 27th Mar 2024 | More
News
Why there’s more to all-time highs than just hype

It’s not just FOMO. Truly innovative business models are helping push stocks higher, says Capital Group, and for some of them there’s a lot more growth to come.

Lachlan Maddock | 27th Mar 2024 | More
‘Let’s not lock ourselves into one corner’: Institutions moving fast on portfolio changes

A significant chunk of the world’s largest institutional investors are doing what the market tells them and moving faster on asset allocation changes and investment decisions as uncertainty spikes.

Lachlan Maddock | 22nd Mar 2024 | More
Why BNP’s Australian ambitions go beyond growth for the sake of growth

It’s picked up hundreds of billions in custody assets from the NAS exit, but BNP Paribas wants to lock them down before it goes hunting for more – with private markets and its offshore presence at the top of the pitch deck.

Lachlan Maddock | 20th Mar 2024 | More
Comment
The Future Fund already invests in Australia. Could it be asked to do more?

Everybody and their dog has an idea for putting the Future Fund to work beyond its core mandate.
But the best idea for getting it to invest more in Australia’s economy is probably already being done.

Lachlan Maddock | 2nd Feb 2024 | More
Editor’s note: Looking beyond the headlines

As 2023 draws to an end, it’s worth looking back at those stories that didn’t make it into the top 10 but in which some of the great industry shifts were chronicled.

Lachlan Maddock | 20th Dec 2023 | More
Why the YFYS review should dig deep on systemic risk

More updates to Your Future, Your Super (YFYS) will no doubt be welcomed by the industry, but a thorough review must get to the bottom of the potential system risks created by benchmarking and big funds that keep bulking up.

Lachlan Maddock | 8th Dec 2023 | More
Why super needs to speak with a louder voice on housing

It’s temping to dismiss the super for housing debate out of hand. But if funds and trustees refuse to engage with that debate it will inevitably be settled without them, with a deleterious impact on retirement savings.

Lachlan Maddock | 24th Nov 2023 | More
INSight #331 with Varun Laijawalla from Ninety One

Varun Laijawalla from Ninety One shares insights with James Dunn from The Inside Network on how important China is to emerging markets.

Investor Strategy News | 29th Mar 2024 | Watch Pause
INSight #330 with Varun Laijawalla from Ninety One

Varun Laijawalla from Ninety One shares insights with James Dunn from The Inside Network on what investors are suited to emerging markets.

Investor Strategy News | 27th Mar 2024 | Watch Pause
INSight #329 with Varun Laijawalla from Ninety One

Varun Laijawalla from Ninety One shares insights with James Dunn from The Inside Network on what drives emerging markets.

Investor Strategy News | 22nd Mar 2024 | Watch Pause
IN60 with Varun Laijawalla from Ninety One

Varun Laijawalla from Ninety One speaks to James Dunn from The Inside Network for our IN60 series.

Investor Strategy News | 20th Mar 2024 | Watch Pause
BIT #6: The future of listed infrastructure with ClearBridge Investments portfolio manager Nick Langley
The Inside Network | 17th Mar 2024
Hayden Nicholson, Bell Potter Securities
The Inside Network | 7th Jul 2021
IN Discussion with Chris Briant, Head of Parametric in Australia.
The Inside Network | 10th May 2021
Kanish Chugh explores strong returns from Biotech in recent years
The Inside Network | 30th Mar 2021
32% return for calendar 2020!
The Inside Network | 9th Mar 2021
Angela Ashton – The Evergreen Responsible Investment Grading Index (ERIG Index)
The Inside Network | 1st Mar 2021
Franklin Templeton and Quantifeed: Riding the digital wave
The Inside Network | 16th Dec 2020
Cor Capital’s Davin Hood discusses defensive investments to boost your portfolio.
The Inside Network | 30th Oct 2020
Chris Briant Parametric & Peter White from IN Chats
The Inside Network | 21st Sep 2020
Benefits of unlisted direct property funds in low yield investment environment
The Inside Network | 20th Sep 2020
ETF Securities: Trade your conviction
The Inside Network | 9th Sep 2020
Inside Analysis DATT Capital
The Inside Network | 8th Sep 2020
COVID-19 and the Industrial and Logistics sector: insight from Charter Hall
The Inside Network | 28th Jul 2020
Investors look to biotech with COVID-19 vaccine on the horizon
The Inside Network | 22nd Jun 2020
CEO Series with Federation AM CEO Cameron Brownjohn
The Inside Network | 17th Jun 2020
All weather investing
The Inside Network | 5th Jun 2020
Equities, dividends and Covid-19
The Inside Network | 5th Jun 2020
The sting in the transition tail
The Inside Network | 28th May 2020
Pandemic-proofing portfolios
The Inside Network | 6th May 2020
Future proofing investing with FAANGs
The Inside Network | 27th Apr 2020
RARE Infrastructure market update
The Inside Network | 8th Apr 2020
Listed infrastructure is a proven defensive asset
The Inside Network | 16th Mar 2020
Quo vadis robo?
The Inside Network | 16th Mar 2020
Bonds are here to stay
The Inside Network | 5th Feb 2020
Listed infrastructure vs. unlisted infrastructure with Charles Hamieh
The Inside Network | 21st Jan 2020
White label Robo Advice solutions: what, why and how ?
The Inside Network | 19th Aug 2019
Investing made easy with Raiz
The Inside Network | 28th May 2019
Clime expands offer to new markets, leads the way post Hayne.
The Inside Network | 23rd Apr 2019
Agri sector still inspiring investors
The Inside Network | 8th Apr 2019
Australian equities: Clouded by political, economic and credit uncertainty
The Inside Network | 26th Mar 2019
Steady Income from infrastructure.
The Inside Network | 11th Mar 2019
Residential house prices are falling…but what about commercial property?
The Inside Network | 4th Dec 2018
Are we there yet? Late cycle investing and infrastructure.
The Inside Network | 13th Nov 2018
‘Industrial strength’ investing
The Inside Network | 25th Sep 2018
The attractions of Global Listed infrastructure for long term investors explained
The Inside Network | 7th Sep 2018
Commercial Property Trusts in a SMSF? Shed’s Peter White chats with Thinktank CEO Jonathan Street.
The Inside Network | 28th Aug 2018
Profiles
JANA chases family offices, not-for-profits as super sees ‘significant change’

Australia’s largest homegrown asset consultant is plotting an expansion further beyond its traditional superannuation clients, while consolidation in the industry is changing the way they work.

Lachlan Maddock | 13th Jan 2023 | More
Julie Lander takes a bow at Care

“We believe in our story,” says Julie Lander. The CareSuper CEO chats to Greg Bright about mergers, diseconomies and spending money.

Greg Bright | 24th Aug 2022 | More
Analysis
How the Future Fund (and others) think about the total portfolio approach

TPA is an “uncommon and demanding” approach to running an investment organisation, according to the Future Fund, but a rewarding one – as long as institutions that take it up know that it’s not a transformation that should be embarked upon lightly.

Lachlan Maddock | 22nd Mar 2024 | More
How this global giant plans to become a go-to manager for super

The AUD$660 billion M&G has been a “sleeping beauty” down under, and it wants more than the mandate it already runs for the Future Fund. Thinking like an asset owner is part of the equation.

Staff Writer | 22nd Mar 2024 | More
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