Future Fund continues illiquids push amid gloom

Asset Owners

Joe Marsh

Oct 22, 2018

Australia’s sovereign wealth fund has also trimmed its exposure to stocks and bonds as asset managers take their most downbeat stance on global growth for 10 years.

Caution is the watchword amid the current market turbulence

Future Fund posted an investment return of 10.7% in the 12 months to September 30 during which it continued to raise its exposure to private markets and trimmed...

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Jin Liqun is re-elected to a second term as president of AIIB; Franklin Templeton confirms new CEO and restructures Apac management team; Cbus names new CEO; Manulife names general manager for Asia emerging markets; AllianzGI builds out multi-asset team in Asia Pacific, and IQ-EQ hires business development director.

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Adrian Murdoch

Increasing polarisation between East and West leaves China in the economic driving seat, according to a new IFSWF and Invesco report.

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Eastspring Investments

This is the second of six articles in Eastspring’s Asian Expert Series, which explores the future of Asia post Covid-19. While the outbreak accelerated many of the technological shifts that were already underway prior to the pandemic, we identify five key trends that will reshape the global landscape and the role Asia will play.

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Jul 22, 2020

Richard Morrow

The pandemic could cause interest rates to remain low for decades, making it tough for pension funds to improve returns. They must urgently diversify to offset this risk, say experts.

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Jul 20, 2020

Eastspring Investments

This is the first of six articles in Eastspring’s Asian Expert Series, which explores the future of Asia post Covid-19. The pandemic has accelerated a rethink of how companies should configure their global supply chains - while cost and quality have historically been key considerations, resilience will become increasingly important.

Asset Owners

Jul 24, 2020

Jolie Ho

China is set to integrate its interbank bond and exchange bond markets. Five market experts share their thoughts on the move.

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Jul 24, 2020

SimCorp

COVID-19 has reinforced the urgency for asset owners to rethink how they effectively build portfolios and manage risks. The agility needed to react to sudden market changes while achieving optimal risk-adjusted returns is paramount today – and will be increasingly relevant amid the uncertainty of a post-pandemic world.

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Richard Newell

In an environment where investing in a few large cap stocks is the key to outperformance, fund managers who are truly active and still outperform will gain appeal, industry experts say.

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State Street Global Advisors

While we were still in a period of shock and awe during the March/April period, the latter parts of Q2 were better described as a period of healing and adjustment. Significant rate cuts from the developed market (DM) and emerging market (EM) central banks illustrate the global scale of the economic challenges created by Covid-19.

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Joe Marsh

As asset managers and owners tighten their grip on costs and self-indexing gains traction, index providers are working more with clients in areas such as ESG and risk analytics.

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They overwhelmingly believe that digital infrastructure is becoming more important than regular infrastructure for investment, according to a new survey.

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Jaycee Man

The pandemic has spurred an uptick in the adoption of technology, but for some private equity managers and investors implementing the change has not been easy.

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