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Our Investment Philosophy

"Our investment philosophy is the sum of our investment beliefs. It supports our view that, in order to exceed our clients’ objectives, we must strive for excellence in our investment approach, processes and people. We believe that this requires a constant process of innovation, review and re-engineering. In its simplest form, it requires setting challenging targets and then, within risk limits, exceeding them."
Doug McTaggart, QIC Chief Executive

Our Investment Beliefs

Our quest to achieve investment excellence is built on a number of beliefs:

risk matters and should be considered at the micro and macro level
measured diversification is important
markets exhibit inefficiencies and this provides opportunities
adopting a holistic view enhances performance - our clients benefit from our scale, focus on cost, and our focus on after-tax outcomes
disciplined processes provide validation and transparency.

Diversified and Independent Thinking

Diversified and independent thinking across asset classes is central to QIC’s approach to investment. Thus we operate as a ‘Village of Boutiques’ with each asset class operating with a high level of autonomy. Each asset class team undertakes its own research and arrives at its own views on markets. We believe this delivers superior and more consistent performance.