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YFYS spurs half to change asset mix

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... from super funds and fund managers. The majority or over half said they will change their asset allocation slightly. About one quarter said they will not change their allocations at all, while almost an equal number will change their investment mix significantly. ...

New investment model for affordable housing proposed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... Treasury. While it would be a new program in Australia, Hamilton cautioned that "the boost is not innovative", she argued it is one of the most "vanilla, proven" ways to unlock value in affordable housing - based on models that have been successful overseas. ...

Former CFSGAM chief executive joins CFA Institute

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) and First State Investments as chair of the board of governors. Mark Lazberger is one of two Australians on the CFA Institute board of governors and is currently chair at Omnia Capital Partners and a non-executive ...

Aware Super to offload farm assets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... water entitlements in Victoria. Aware Super will commence the sale process of its Lake Boga agribusiness portfolio, including one of the nation's largest tomato enterprises, a commercial plum orchard, a sheep grazing enterprise and biodiversity zones. ...

Advice group adds to leadership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
The former general manager of private wealth at Wilsons Advisory will lead one of Easton Investments' licensees in a newly created role. Tara Ross has been appointed head of GPS Wealth, effective September 13. Ross will join from Wilsons Advisory where ...

How YFYS test will change currency investments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... to manage risks and generate lasting and material outperformance to that benchmark." Trying to outperform the benchmarks is one way to address YFYS, another is to hedge against the risk of benchmarks, and another is to focus on cost reduction, he explained. ...

Should super funds consider crypto assets?

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... positioned 10 years into the future, it is very possible that your fund is going to underperform the market if you are the [only one] that is not providing any exposure or doesn't have any exposure to this innovation at this stage of growth," she ...

Short-termism damaging climate outcomes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... change and this needs to change. He argued even those managing assets for pension funds and super funds are measured on a one and three-year basis, measurements that do not really incentivise thinking about 2050 - or even 2030 - emissions reductions ...

Transition to renewables trumps divestment

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... zero emissions by 2050 or ideally earlier. Reid went on to explain some of the headline approaches investors are undertaking. One is a divestment approach, which is immediate and rather "blunt", typically divests from fossil fuel energy in equities. ...

Cracking the data science code

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... differences. In terms of statistics, this technique imposes structure on the data whereas machine learning usually uses algorithms. One of the biggest issues the superannuation and funds management industries face, Ryan said, is the use of models. "In ...