Early research on ethnicity as well as gender by Willis Towers Watson should significantly broaden the discussion about potential economic benefits from improved diversity among boards and management at super funds, corporates and other organisations. In the first public airing
Research Affiliates, US-based global quant manager which has established offices in Sydney and Melbourne in the past couple of years, has called for compulsory changes in the way companies report carbon emissions to assist the investment world make more informed
About half of institutional asset owner costs get lost in the wash, according to a new study by CEM Benchmarking. An analysis of 24 large global asset owners representing over US$4.4 trillion found 49 per cent of investment costs were
Australia has a long way to go to catch up to its major trading partners in its planned spend on new infrastructure, notwithstanding Prime Minister Morrison’s pledge of $100 billion over the next 10 years. This should be something for
Almost all fund managers have adopted some form of environmental, social and governance (ESG) analysis to enhance research but its influence on real investment calls remains unclear, according to a new Russell Investments global survey. The Russell 2020 ESG study,
Central bank largesse lubricated the relatively squeak-free ride of the global asset management industry through the COVID-19 crisis to date, but liquidity risks remain high, according to a new Amundi Asset Management report. In a ‘blue paper’ published last week,
As super funds still struggle to build and manage their own better pension products, conscious of the ticking demographic clock, one of the key aspects to doing so will be the establishment of the most appropriate benchmark. Parametric runs through
Almost half of the top 500 global fund manager brands have disappeared in the last decade, the latest Thinking Ahead Institute annual review of the sector has found. A total of 232 names on the 2009 list of 500 largest
Companies are increasingly making low-carbon investments, not only to reduce emissions and costs, but also to take advantage of revenue opportunities. When you step back and look at what’s required to reach the targets already set, massive disruption and investment
One of the great unanswerable questions for investors over the past 10 years is why value investing, the tried-and-true performer since it was identified in the 1930s but probably used innately well before, has stayed out of whack for so
Early research on ethnicity as well as gender by Willis Towers Watson should significantly broaden the discussion about
Research Affiliates, US-based global quant manager which has established offices in Sydney and Melbourne in the past couple
About half of institutional asset owner costs get lost in the wash, according to a new study by
Australia has a long way to go to catch up to its major trading partners in its planned
Almost all fund managers have adopted some form of environmental, social and governance (ESG) analysis to enhance research
Central bank largesse lubricated the relatively squeak-free ride of the global asset management industry through the COVID-19 crisis
As super funds still struggle to build and manage their own better pension products, conscious of the ticking
Almost half of the top 500 global fund manager brands have disappeared in the last decade, the latest
Companies are increasingly making low-carbon investments, not only to reduce emissions and costs, but also to take advantage
One of the great unanswerable questions for investors over the past 10 years is why value investing, the
