At the Virtual Briefing, a panel of investment experts from BlackRock, JANA, IFM and NAB, observed that the impact of the COVID crisis has been extremely varied and, at times, mind-boggling. Infrastructure assets such as airports and certain GPD-linked assets suffered massively, credit markets became quite illiquid, and fixed income’s ability to beat inflation is looking questionable. These findings from the expert panel resulted in a number of valuable lessons for super fund trustees and investment teams responsible for managing people’s money during a crisis. Equity market optimism is not uniform BlackRock’s Chief Investment Officer, Mike McCorry, remarked on the...