Agenda

Agenda

Agenda

All times in AEST

09:00 – 09:05

Chairperson’s Opening Remarks

09:00 - 09:05

09:05 – 09:50

CIO Perspective: Creating higher returns in an uncertain environment

09:05 - 09:50

  • What was learned about investing within a high stressed Australian market?
  • Tackling difficulties in asset location within market instability
  • How to capitalize on volatility and fighting against low yield?
  • Specific asset classes with the highest upside in 2022

09:50 – 10:30

ESG Investing: Creating growth through the sustainability movement

09:50 - 10:30

  • Where to find high alpha in the ESG market?
  • Australian market developments around green bonds and fighting green washing
  • The outlook of ESG within Australian markets as minerals are highest export

10:30 – 11:10

Carbon Derivatives: The viability of carbon products

10:30 - 11:10

  • The growing incentives around investing into carbon derivatives
  • Protecting the integrity of the carbon derivatives market
  • Development in Australia around carbon derivatives
  • How does the carbon derivatives market trade and function?

11:10 – 11:40

Private Market Trends: Finding higher yield

11:10 - 11:40

  • The challenges of finding yield within the public markets
  • Navigating through the many unlisted companies and finding unicorns
  • Capitalizing on the trend of the exponential growth of technology

11:40 – 12:10

The Reliability of Quantitative Investment Strategies to Provide Optimum Results

11:40 - 12:10

  • How does AI & ML help with decision making and providing favourable results?
  • Machine learning algorithms and the high yield returns they bring fund managers
  • The signs to understand whether to trust AI decision making or fund managers intuition
  • Debate: Will AI & ML ever replace human fund managers?

12:10 – 12:50

Superannuation Fund Highlight: Regulatory constrictions and finding stability

12:10 - 12:50

  • Latest developments in Australia around superannuation and what it means
  • Passive approach to investing and navigating the need to create stable returns
  • Use of derivatives for hedging and maintaining returns
  • How to avoid a static approach to investing as a superannuation fund?

12:50 – 13:20

Alternative Asset Classes: The future of investment into the digital world

12:50 - 13:20

  • Did we miss the wave for cryptocurrency as a viable investment strategy?
  • How are NFTs and DeFi assets disrupting the investment world?
  • Is the creation of the metaverse going to change how we invest?
  • Probable predictions for investments in digital space in the next 5 years

13:20 – 13:20

End of Australia Investor Forum

13:20 - 13:25