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Macro environment trumps inflation for asset owners: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023
... and a "long road to recovery." In the first half of 2023, however, portfolios rose an average of 3.7%; some 21% of asset owners have recovered their losses from 2022. OMFIF managing editor and deputy chief executive Clive Horwood said many funds had ...

Frontier restructures, promotes

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2023
... "There's no doubt that both responsible investment and enhanced governance in investing are key areas of focus for asset owners. We think bringing our dedicated teams already working with clients in these areas directly into our research program ...

APAC looks to data-driven future: State Street

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2023
... State Street Data Opportunity Study, conducted in the third quarter of the year, analysed responses from 520 global asset owners and managers, 35 of them Australian. Of the respondents, APAC investors are the most optimistic about the data opportunity. ...

BNP Paribas to sharpen efforts down under

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2023
... the front foot in Australia because it's "an asset owners' environment." "Having a business that serves the asset owners as a custodian is a critical starting point," McCappin said. "It's something that we here in Australia really lean on ...

Largest pension funds see drop in assets: Research

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2023
... funds improved their ranking in 2022." She said she expects the prominence of Australian funds among the top global asset owners to continue in coming years. "But as their scale grows, in an ever more challenging and uncertain environment, they will ...

Industry mega trends impacting distribution roles

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2023
... their internal teams. This has prompted the country head to expand her own team. "We hear from Aware Super, and other asset owners that they are still growing their investment teams and the teams that support those investment functions," she says. "With ...

How to warm up for a 50-degree day

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023
... has an increase in mortality and morbidity." The outcomes of the panel will be to demonstrate to fund managers and asset owners how to start assessing how climate change will impact on people and planet - and thus assets in portfolios - based on available ...

Future Fund posts 6% return

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023
... past two years, and this means that our holdings and returns will look increasingly different from those of other asset owners. "Although risk assets are underpricing some of the threats we see, higher interest rates are making it easier to generate ...

Frontier calls for better unlisted asset valuations

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023
Frontier Advisors is collaborating with Australian asset owners to hold fund managers to account regarding the accurate valuation of unlisted assets. The consulting firm was spurned to action amid robust growth in the superannuation sector, with an ...

Rising costs bite asset owners

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023
The cost to do business for asset owners is becoming more expensive, as many report a 34% jump in fund servicing expenses over the last three years as they also grapple with lower management fees. The Investors' Costs and Fees report compiled by ...