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Lachlan Maddock

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Lachlan is editor of Investor Strategy News and has extensive experience covering institutional investment.

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Why super’s manager merry-go-round is ‘the definition of insanity’

Investing with a manager when they’re winning is usually peak risk, but that’s what a lot of funds do. Meanwhile, passive investing remains “the elephant in the room”, even as it allows for greater freedom to invest in alpha-generating assets and strategies.

Lachlan Maddock | 15th Mar 2024 | More
‘A strange new beast’: Grantham’s bubble that didn’t pop

In the first half of 2022 the market fell almost as much as it did when Europe tumbled into World War Two. Then it reversed course – and famed bubble spotter Jeremy Grantham says a new artificial intelligence bubble is the cause.

Lachlan Maddock | 15th Mar 2024 | More
AustralianSuper clears the decks for UK expansion

Australia’s biggest super fund has slashed the headcount in its Melbourne-based global equities team as it prepares to build out a new crew in its rapidly expanding London office.

Lachlan Maddock | 14th Mar 2024 | More
‘No easy answers’, but YFYS review starts asking the right questions

It’s tempting to think of the latest review into Your Future Your Super as just more regulatory tinkering, but experts think there’s a good chance it will give the industry a real solution to the unintended consequences of the performance test.

Lachlan Maddock | 13th Mar 2024 | More
How big investors are getting more bang for their RI buck

More and more of the global institutional investor set is turning to thematic strategies even as they resist the use of ESG benchmarks amidst questions about the methodologies that underpin them.

Lachlan Maddock | 13th Mar 2024 | More
  • Watch out for tourist investors and ‘me too managers’ in private markets: Mercer

    In private debt, you win by not losing, and key to not losing is good manager selection. But with a massive number of “me too” players entering the market, that’s getting harder.

    Lachlan Maddock | 8th Mar 2024 | More
    BlackRock backs gold, liquid alts for new market regime

    The smart money at the US$10 trillion asset manager is in hedge funds, gold and inflation-linked bonds, while local investors in its exchange-traded products are bargain hunting in China.

    Lachlan Maddock | 8th Mar 2024 | More
    AustralianSuper ramps up UK investment as offshore push gathers pace

    Australia’s biggest super fund is set to increase its investment in the UK to around $35 billion by 2030 and expand its already 100-strong on the ground presence in Kings Cross.

    Lachlan Maddock | 6th Mar 2024 | More
    Ditching alts favourites is a ‘big step into the dark’

    When is a bubble not a bubble? When traditional monetary transmission mechanisms are disintermediated by private credit. Meanwhile, a decent chunk of so-called ‘alternatives’ are just beta in a low-vol wrapper.

    Lachlan Maddock | 6th Mar 2024 | More
    Future Fund taps Wellington for active Japanese equities expedition  

    The return of the Future Fund to active equity management has seen it dip its toes into Japanese equities as decades of low growth and corporate stagnation comes to an end.

    Lachlan Maddock | 1st Mar 2024 | More
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