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What the transformation of the labour market means to investors
Integrating biodiversity into investment decisions
Food for thought
Growth equities to shine in 2023, if interest rates stabilise
Portfolios to stay volatile for years with positive stock and bond correlation
Not the time to shy away from emerging markets
Navigating the disruption in energy markets
Energy markets post-COVID, amid a conflict and in a decarbonising world
Shift to positive stock-bond correlation could increase risk, reduce returns
Inflation volatility to drag on as world decouples into rival camps
Reflections and learnings from a mega merger: Australian Retirement Trust
BHP chief executive Mike Henry on energy transition, commodities and global trends
Michelle Teng on liquidity requirements changing asset allocation for defined benefit funds
Junying Shen on differing performance and cash flow characteristics among infrastructure asset sectors
PGIM's Michelle Teng on the art of managing liquidity risk with private assets on the rise
Aviva Investors' Aaron Grehan on risks, opportunities and the strategic portfolio opportunity in emerging market debt
PGIM's Taimur Hyat on investing megatrends and how technology is transforming the services sector
PGIM's Harsh Parikh on real asset allocation sensitivities, time horizons and finding the right inflation outcome
Vista Equity Partners' David Breach on ecosystem, co-investments and the importance of diversity & inclusion in tech
Chasing yield, the reflation trade and emerging market debt | Paul McNamara
Grow Inc, legacy systems and untangling the wires of super | Matthew Keeley
The strategic role of gold, drivers of value and the impact of the Basel III changes | Andrew Naylor
Maslow's hammer, beta activism and the modern portfolio theory paradox | Jon Lukomnik
Liquidity cascades, the transformation of risk and deprogramming the cult | Corey Hoffstein
The great rupture, the essence of money and the future of humanity | Viktor Shvets
The myth of private equity, market fallacies and the Stockholm syndrome | Jeff Hooke
Flash boys, wisdom as an algorithm and outsmarting the globe | Noel Smith
Passive flows, a self-perpetuating market and unpleasant simulations | Mike Green
Learning art through experience, active allocations and adaptive decision making | Thad McCrindle
The road to REST, transformation and building teams for a new market regime | Andrew Lill
Market forces, activism and capitalism as an adaptive system | Andrew Parry
Strategy for manager selection, remote due diligence, expanding the co-investment program | Del Hart
Whither the Fed, boondoggles and the 2-year old with a hammer | John Cochrane
Machinations of macro, asset sleeves and allocation by outcomes not benchmarks | Mark Beardow and Andrew Baume
Managing investor risks beyond the enterprise level, portfolio barriers and regenerative investment structures | Delilah Rothenberg and Taylor Sekhon
Member proximity, thematic exposures and getting on the bandwagon | Sean Henaghan
Euroscepticism, pushing on a string and how to short the financial system | Alfonso Peccatiello
The jargon of alternatives, financial engineering and stress testing diversification | Scott Pappas
The evolution of manager research, alignment of interests and identifying the secret sauce | Nick Kelly
Ides of stagflation, the three monkey problem and avoiding the inflation thief in the night | Nancy Davis
The curse of financial innovation, investment structures and systemic risk | Delilah Rothenberg and Raphaële Chappe
The ghost of alpha, margin of safety and risk as a proxy for failure | Chris Schelling
Avoiding the crypto winter, real economy use cases and the broad thesis on DeFi | James Kosmatos
The institutionalisation of capital, consolidation of flows and oligopolies in asset management | Delilah Rothenberg and Denise Hearn
Regime shifts, rule-based frameworks and the humbling of the markets | Lorne Johnson
Material risks, dark capital and the notion of fiduciary duty | Désirée Lucchese
Finding factors in narratives, wealth creation and a total family approach | Graeme Bibby
Market cascades, dumb beta and populism in financial markets | Nader Naeimi
Fiscal tantrums, investment discipline and liquidity in the eye of the beholder | Pilar Gomez-Bravo
Allocating capital, market forces and the balancing act of risk | Rich Nuzum
The efficacy of private credit, partner mentality and the myth of too much capital | Rob Petrini
Drone superhighways, AI powered data and the unspoken link between man and machine | Chris Clark
Cryptocurrencies, the fiat game and a lottery ticket out of dystopia | Andrew Noble
Defining risk, bold decisions and capturing the right tail | Chris West
Multipolarity, clashes of geopolitics and avoiding the blind spots | Alexandre Kateb
Superpowers, emerging digital wars and the hunt for unicorns | Winston Ma
Grit, creating a global unfair advantage and seeking moonshots in venture capital | Magnus Grimeland
Shades of a macroeconomic recovery, kabuki theatre and may we live in interesting times | Nathan Sheets
The Return of SPACs, war chests and the IPO alternative | Lincoln Smith
Opportunistic credit, a glass half empty and the other side of the virus | Steven Gendal
Democratised portfolio management, record labels and industrialising the process of excess returns | Scott Treloar
The confluence of ethos and dialogue, stewardship and risk mitigation | Helena Fung
US real estate, accelerated migration trends and the hockey stick | Hans Nordby
Responsible investment, market efficiency and ESG alpha | Martyn Myer and Alexis Cheang
Defining sustainability, mobilising capital and the value of collaboration in a low carbon world | Christopher Greenwald
Strategic tilts, implementation vehicles and fixed income portfolio management | Darren Wills
Redefining capitalism, reverting to stakeholder primacy and the willingness to be wrong | Barnaby Wiener
ESG alpha, novel metrics and integration in the investment process | Mozaffar Khan
Risk Premia, liquidity shocks, and the value of tail hedging in equity heavy portfolios | Paul Fraynt
Quantitative strategies, transparency of the black box and underpinnings of team culture | Edward Tricker
Improving adequacy, sustainability and the integrity of the retirement system and the Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index | Maria Wilton and David Knox
Style and exposure, factor investing and determining the role of fixed income | Darren Wills
Addressing investment challenges, risk frameworks and governance of other people’s money | Michael Drew
Financial crises, demystifying central banks and the fastest gun in town | Michael Cross
The invincible core, correlations and the discipline of a multi-asset portfolio | Daniel Seiler
Crisis alpha, building systematic models and markets detached from financial theory | Kathryn Kaminski
Redefining the infrastructure universe, valuation risks and the impact of the macroeconomic cycle | Nick Langley
Fixed income relative value, identifying price dislocations and the drivers of convergence | Erik Schiller
The evolution of the bond market, liquidity dynamics and the impact of the Fed and Treasury support programs | Darren Wills
The complexity of private debt, collateral and the challenge of managing an active credit portfolio | Ron Mehmet
Externalities, ESG disclosure and going beyond virtue signalling | Andrew Parry
The evolution of the market, quantitative systematic investing and creating adaptive models | Stuart Bohart
The role of investment committee, their effectiveness and making critical decisions | Rebecca Bannan
The retirement income covenant, members best interests and why super is not super yet | Stephen Huppert
Unicorns, fair value and interpreting PE fund performance | Antonella Puca
Capitalism, the death of competition and the rise of social unrest | Denise Hearn
Hidden risks, private assets and avoiding emerging markets vulnerabilities | Joe Morris
Internalisation, asset management and creating an integrated operating model | Rob Leck
ESG risk management, financial materiality and becoming Aware Super | Damian Graham
Market forces, thematic investing and embracing investing principles | John Pearce
Super reforms, improving the economy and responding to COVID | John Daley
Mental anchors, monetary misbehaviour and the gold enigma | Ben McCaw
Warm data, interconnectivity and the power of the human intuition | Audrey Lobo-Pulo
Distortions, cyclical investing and understanding the channels of money | Allen Sukholitsky
Old adages, concentrated risk and aligning with the family philosophy | Kathryn Young
A-Shares, H-Shares, ADRs, governance and implementation strategies for China | Rob Doyle
Deconstructing Wirecard, due diligence in a virtual world and finding fraudulent actors | Alex Wise
Complacency, systemic risks and building a stronger Australia | Travers McLeod
Market uncertainty, the art of a super fund and the courage to fail | Jack Gray
Liquid alternatives, idiosyncratic returns and restructuring a hedge fund portfolio | Anastassia Juventin