Profiles

What we have learned from the Covid-19 crisis

Market risks appear more balanced, quality companies poised to win market share.

Matthew Scholten is the executive chair of Scholten Collins McKissock in Melbourne. He is a Certified Financial Planner and has qualifications from the Australian Insurance Institute (AIA), the SMSF Association and the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Scholten became a member of the Inside Network in May 2020, seeking to create better outcomes…

Franklin Equity Group’s John Remmert and Donald Huber share which trends they think are permanent and which are likely just a phase.

The latest instalment of Rask Australia’s The Australian Investors Podcast features portfolio managers Tom Millner and Will Culbert from Contact Asset Management. 

Shareholder activist groups are diverting company management’s time and energy towards narrow environmental and social causes. We explore why active ownership and purposeful engagement can achieve a better outcome for all stakeholders.

A new study by Schroder Investment Management globally, including a significant Australian investor participation, shows a massive disconnect between investor expectations and likely outcomes over the next few years. According to Chris Durack, the Australian chief executive of Schroders, the high investor expectations around the world, including in Australia, probably contributed to disappointment in the…

by Greg Bright We haven’t seen this development in Australia as yet, but it looks like it’s finally coming. Willis Towers Watson is morphing into a fund manager, just as its main global competitors have done. And it is going to try to do it as a seamless offering along a spectrum of services for…

by Greg Bright Gerard Parlevliet, the CIO and long-standing driving force behind Commonwealth Bank Group Super, retires this week after 38 years with the bank, 23 of them in the staff superannuation team. But not before he oversaw a significant restructure of the $10.6 billion portfolio. The fund, generally known as Group Super, recently completed…