In episode 98 of the [i3] Podcast, we are speaking with Will Liang, who is an executive director at MA Financial Group, but is also well-known for his time with Macquarie Group, where he worked for more than a decade, including as Head of Techn

97: Talking Leadership with Felicity Walsh

17 days ago 48m 36s

In this episode of the [i3] Podcast, we speak with Felicity Walsh, Managing Director and Head of Australia & New Zealand for Franklin Templeton about leadership, fostering a great work culture, mentorship and lab coats. Enjoy the show! Overvi

96: T Rowe Price's Maria Elena Drew – Towards Net Zero Portfolios

Mar 5th, 2024 41m 50s

In episode 96 of the [i3] Podcast, we speak with Maria Elena Drew, Director of Research – Responsible Investing, at T. Rowe Price about the challenges and opportunities of transforming investments into net zero portfolios. How does it affect yo

95: CAIA's John Bowman – Alternatives, ESG and TPA

Feb 28th, 2024 51m 31s

John Bowman is President of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association. In this episode we look back at the growth of the alternative investment industry, in particular private equity, discuss ESG and take a look at the upc

94: ART's Andrew Fisher on Scale

Jan 30th, 2024 37m 18s

Andrew Fisher is the Head of Investment Strategy at the Australian Retirement Trust (ART), a $260 billion pension fund in Australia. In this episode of the [i3] Podcast, we reflected on the merger with QSuper and the implications the larger sca

93: NextEnergy Capital's Mike Bonte-Friedheim

Jan 2nd, 2024 38m 24s

In episode 93 of the [i3] Podcast, we speak with Michael Bonte-Friedheim, the Founding Partner and Group CEO of NextEnergy Capital, a firm that specialises in investing in solar energy plants. We talk about the role of subsidies, the growth of

92: Benefit Street Partners' Mike Comparato

Dec 5th, 2023 33m 4s

Mike Comparato is Managing Director and Head of Real Estate at Benefit Street Partners, a credit-focused alternative asset management firm owned by Franklin Templeton. In this episode, we cover Mike's views on the turmoil that the commercial re

91: Celebrating 20 Years of NZ Super

Nov 23rd, 2023 48m 3s

This year we celebrate 20 years of New Zealand Super. We speak to the fund's CEO, Matt Whineray, about the evolution of the fund throughout the years, do a deep dive into its strategic tilting program and cover responsible investing, AI and muc

91: Celebrating 20 Years of NZ Super

Nov 23rd, 2023 48m 3s

90: Janus Henderson 2023 Australian Insurance Report

Oct 31st, 2023 36m 53s

In this episode of the [i3] Podcast, we speak with Jay Sivapalan, Head of Australian Fixed Income at Janus Henderson about the company's 2023 Australian Insurance Report, a survey of insurance companies and their plans for their investment port

89: Michael Kollo on Artificial Intelligence

Oct 17th, 2023 41m 13s

In episode 88 of the [i3] Podcast we speak with Dr. Michael Kollo about artificial intelligence and large language models such as chatGPT. We talk about their application to the institutional investment industry and discuss why Australia is so

88: HMC Capital's David Di Pilla

Oct 3rd, 2023 30m 47s

David Di Pilla is Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer of HMC Capital, a diversified alternative investment firm. In this episode, we speak about the challenges of building a new investment firm during the COVID-19, the attractio

87: Janus Hendersons' Thomas Haugaard – Emerging Market Debt

Aug 31st, 2023 44m 28s

In this episode, we speak with Thomas Haugaard, Portfolio Manager for Emerging Market Debt at Janus Henderson Investors. Haugaard, a former economist, talks passionately about why emerging markets form such an interesting investment universe, t

86: Deloitte's Craig Roodt – APRA, performance test and good governance

Aug 1st, 2023 51m 54s

Craig Roodt is Director of Investment Governance and Risk at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and is also known for his time with the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). In this episode, we speak about the governance challenges of in-sou

85: PGIM's Jakob Wilhelmus on Food Security

Jul 4th, 2023 30m 1s

In episode 85 of the [i3] Podcast, we speak with Jakob Wilhelmus, who is Director of Thematic Research at PGIM about their new report into food security and the changing food system. We spoke about the impact on the global economy and investmen

84: Lighthouse Infrastructure's Peter Johnston

May 22nd, 2023 33m 44s

Peter Johnston is Managing Director of Lighthouse Infrastructure, a sustainable infrastructure and real asset fund management company that has more recently been investing in affordable housing for key workers. In this episode, we delve deep in

83: David Brown – Unlisted Assets and Cook Islands Super

May 2nd, 2023 1h

David Brown is the Chief Investment Officer of the Cook Islands National Superannuation Fund. David is also well known for his involvement in the private asset markets in his previous role as Head of Private Markets for Victorian Funds Manageme

82: ChatGPT_Machine Learning and Venture Capital

Apr 4th, 2023 1h 16m

In this episode of the [i3] Podcast, we look at machine learning and artificial intelligence. Our guests are Kaggle Founder Anthony Goldbloom and Stanford CS Professor Chris Manning, who are both involved in venture capital firm AIX Ventures, a

81: TCorp's Tanya Branwhite – Total Portfolio Approach and Diversification

Feb 28th, 2023 45m 5s

Tanya Branwhite is the Head of Portfolio Construction at the asset manager for the state of New South Wales, TCorp. In this episode, we speak about Tanya's early career, including ruffling some feathers at Macquarie Group, TCorp's interpretatio

80: Mine Super's Sean Anthonisz – academia, quants and loose graphs

Jan 31st, 2023 41m 16s

Sean Anthonisz is the Head of Investment Strategy of Mine Super, a pension fund for the mining industry. In this episode, we talk to Sean about his background in academia and the intersection with investment implementation, the use of 'fairly l

79: Dr Warren McKenzie on Nuclear Fusion

Jan 4th, 2023 35m 17s

Last month, scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a defence facility that sits under the US Department of Energy, announced that they had achieved a nuclear fusion reaction that produced more energy than it took to ignite

78: ART's Ian Patrick - Merger, Internalisation and Decarbonisation

Nov 29th, 2022 37m 23s

In episode 78 of the [i3] Podcast, we speak with Ian Patrick, Chief Investment Officer at the Australian Retirement Trust. We delve into the latest developments of the merger between legacy funds Sunsuper and Qsuper, we discussed inhouse asset

77: Maple Brown Abbott's Geoff Bazzan

Nov 1st, 2022 37m 2s

Geoff Bazzan is Head of Asia-Pacific Equities at Maple-Brown Abbott. In this episode of the [i3] podcast, we speak about the Asian equity markets, whether value-style investing is suited to the Chinese market and the recent geopolitical upheava

76: Allspring's Henrietta Pacquement

Oct 4th, 2022 33m 32s

Henrietta Pacquement is the Head of the Global Fixed Income Team at Allspring Global Investments (formerly known as Wells Fargo Asset Management). In this episode we look at the differences between the US and European fixed income markets, the

75: Behavioural Finance Australia's Simon Russell – Equities, Selling Discipline and Biases

Aug 30th, 2022 47m 33s

In this episode of the [i3] Podcast, we speak with Simon Russell, Founder and Director of Behavioural Finance Australia, about his new book: ‘Behavioural Finance: A Guide for Listed Equities Teams’. We talk about how institutional investors are