All sectors of the superannuation industry agree that successful equity investing entails some short-term pain to enjoy long-term gain. Superannuation funds and investment managers who embrace an active management philosophy can feel his acutely when ... Read more

A few months is a long time in oil markets. In late February 2020, the attention of oil-industry analysts and investors was fixed firmly on the supply side of the market, with all eyes on the growing power struggle between Saudi Arabia and Russia over ... Read more

In the last few years, a growing number of investor stewardship codes have called for investors to become more active owners. Stewardship codes typically outline how investors can encourage companies to incorporate and maintain good corporate governance ... Read more

While there has been a hiatus in new deal activity in fund secondaries markets during the significant market dislocation experiences in the first quarter of this year, we look ahead to the green shoots in the secondaries market, with expectations of ... Read more

The COVID-19 pandemic has justifiably absorbed management and board attention, but environmental and other activist groups have not shifted their focus during the lockdown. Read more

The sophisticated world of large superannuation fund investing demonstrates an age-old aphorism: the only constant is change. Funds initiate some changed themselves to implement new ideas, address risks in the portfolio (including peer risk), insource ... Read more

The link between positive environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance and economic growth is not new. However, the heightened focus by market participants on value creation through sustainability is new and being driven in part by global ... Read more

Goals-based investing is about building and managing investment portfolios to achieve particular outcomes. Goals-based investing focuses on achieving the specific results desired by the end client, the investor, rather than more arbitrary market ben ... Read more

The introduction of the self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) 20 years ago gave Australians greater flexibility, control and choice over how they invest their retirement savings. Read more

The markets have been reacting violently to the sudden weakness in the oil price. Read more