While passive investment strategies are now used to manage the majority of equities, the absence of active managers would only create a “mindless boom and bust.”
Proxies for risk capital are dipping, with long-term implications for financial market returns. The question is whether this will be a repeat of the Covid Crash or a repeat of the Tech Wreck.
Rest has flashed its sustainable and private markets credentials with a stake in AMP Capital’s schmick redevelopment of 50 Bridge Street.
Central bankers are hoping to subdue the inflation beast by the end of the calendar year. But it will likely be around for decades to come.
Calvert Research and Management has seen its decarbonization mandate with Rest expanded to the fund’s Australian equities portfolio.
The world’s state-owned investors (SOI) have made progress in leaps and bounds on governance and sustainability. Locally, the Future Fund and NZ Super lead the way.
A punishing, indiscriminate sell-off has left opportunities lying on the floor. After a 13-year “anti-value phase”, the style is coming back into style.
As the new Labor Government explores pathways to 15 per cent, the superannuation industry needs to examine whether that’s really in the best interests of members.
The performance test as it stands isn’t “fit for purpose” when it comes to choice products. And its bright line nature means tweaks are needed for MySuper products too.
Everything old is new again amidst an inflation/rate/war driven synchronised selloff. But lessons from the 80s are still applicable today.