The Ardea Alternative

The Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) recommends information companies should disclose so investors, lenders, insurance underwriters, and other stakeholders can adequately access and price financial risks and financial impact related to climate change.  Many jurisdictions follow the TCFD recommendations, including the European Union, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Singapore, Canada, Japan and South Africa.  Tune into our latest Ardea Alternative podcast where Dr Laura Ryan is joined by Charlotte O’Meara (Fidante ESG specialist) and Tamar Hamlyn (Ardea Co-Founder), to discuss all things TCFD.

In this episode of the Ardea Alternative, Tamar Hamlyn and Alex Stanley talk to Dr Laura Ryan about her research paper titled "Bonds don't need to be negatively correlated with equities".  You can find the paper published in the Journal of Investing here or on the Ardea website here.  The research tells us that bonds will continue to lower portfolio volatility if bond volatility is lower than equity volatility, even if the correlation is positive. While better outcomes can be achieved under negative correlation, this is secondary to the impact of relative volatility.

Dr Laura Ryan and Tamar Hamlyn are joined by Dr Nigel Wilkin-Smith to discuss the importance of currency management for AUD investors, along with the backdrop created by the regulatory environment in superannuation, particularly the YFYS performance test.

In this episode of The Ardea Alternative podcast, Laura Ryan, Tamar Hamlyn and Alex Stanley discuss interest rate rises in response to inflation and what it might mean for fixed income assets.

In this episode of The Ardea Alternative podcast, Dr Laura Ryan and Tamar Hamlyn are joined by Dr Nigel Wilkin-Smith, previously Director at the Future Fund, to discuss foreign currency management and its importance for Australian investors. 

In this episode of The Ardea Alternative podcast, Laura Ryan is joined by Alex Stanley and Tamar Hamlyn to discuss why ESG considerations for sovereign bond relative value strategies differs from other strategies.

In this episode of The Ardea Alternative podcast, Alex Stanley, Relative Value Strategist is joined by Portfolio Manager, Tamar Hamlyn, and guest speaker Haran Siva, a Senior Advisor with the Climate Bonds Initiative. In recent years there has been significant growth in ESG related investments, this episode will focus on one specific example: green bonds.

Welcome to the very first episode of The Ardea Alternative podcast where Dr Laura Ryan, Head of Research is joined by Tamar Hamlyn, Portfolio Manager, and Alex Stanley, Relative Value Strategist, to discuss the complex topic of inflation.

Dr. Geoff Warren, Associate Professor at the ANU joins Dr. Laura Ryan to discuss his recent work in retirement modelling. In this episode, Dr. Warren shares how important modelling choices are when assessing the adequacy of the super guarantee (SG). Dr. Warren also discusses imputation/franking credits and structuring CIPRs (Comprehensive Income Products for Retirement).

Ben Alexander, Co-Chief Investment Officer at Ardea Investment Management joins Dr Laura Ryan in our first episode of the Ardea Quantitative Research Series. Here, they share insights into the risk model used in the Ardea portfolio construction process.