Giuseppe Corona, Head of Global Listed Infrastructure London, United Kingdom

5th August 2019

As a long-standing signatory to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), environmental, social and corporate governance factors are integrated across all our major asset classes, including infrastructure.

When investing in infrastructure assets, we view ESG issues in the same way we do any other investment risks which have the potential to impact on the performance […]

5th August 2019

Key Points

• The two trillion-dollar global payments industry is forecast to grow 9% p.a. through to 2022
• Chinese companies are leading payments innovation and expanding globally
• Disruption in the payments industry is being driven by technological and regulatory change

The global payments industry is one that sits quietly underneath the world’s economies. Generally, businesses facilitating payments have been very successful through […]

1st Feb 2019

If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts; but if we begin with doubts, and we are patient with them, we shall end in certainties – Sir Francis Bacon

Fat tails

Perhaps the most challenging aspect of risk management is accounting for uncertainty. Unlike risk, uncertainty implies an inability to determine the likelihood and/or impact of a future event. As risk managers, our role is […]

The Mixed Ownership Model Has Been a Win – Win

In May 2013 the New Zealand government engaged in a strong push towards partially privatising a number of our major infrastructure businesses, by listing them on the New Zealand Stock Exchange. The Government sold down 49% of the ownership in three electricity companies to a range of investors including Kiwisaver funds, iwi, mum-and-dad investors and institutions. The program began […]

Greg Fleming – Head of Investment Strategy

August, 2019

Carrick Lucas – Fixed Income Analyst

07 August, 2019