Articles about Australia’s top three largest pension funds, AustralianSuper, Australian Retirement Trust and Aware Super, continue to rate as the most-read stories.
For the second year in a row, the most popular article of the year was an interview with Liza McDonald, Head of Responsible Investment at Aware Super, about climate change and the fact that this isn’t just relevant to the ‘E’ in ESG, but that it is a social issue too.
The article was also last year’s most read piece, even though it was originally published in March of 2022. Since then it has been read more than 6,000 times. It is a somewhat unexpected result, which either indicates the importance that super funds attach to the subject, or perhaps it is the interference of some nefarious bot.
In second place, we find an interview with Mark Albiston of the Todd Family Office, discussing how diversification in a family office differs from that in a super fund.
Top 5 of Most-read Stories of 2024
- Climate Change is a Social Issue too
- Diversification at the Todd Family Office
- AustralianSuper Continues International Push
- Portfolio Optimisation at Cbus
- ART Repositions Real Estate Portfolio
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In third, fourth and fifth place, we find the more mainstay articles of [i3] Insights, containing interviews with large super funds. AustralianSuper announced a number of new appointments in its London office.
We spoke with Brett Chatfield and Justin Pascoe of Cbus super about managing the portfolio in a volatile market environment. And Florence Chong quizzed the Australian Retirement Trust about its real estate portfolio.
Podcasts
The most popular episode was an interview with Andrew Fisher about the merger between Sunsuper and Qsuper and the impact on the investment portfolio. The second most-played episode was a conversation with Franklin Templeton’s Felicity Walsh about leadership and mentoring. Also here we found two energy transition or climate change related pieces, an interview with NextEnergy Capital, a specialist in solar energy investments, and with T. Rowe Price about net-zero investing. So perhaps the fact that the most-read article about ESG topped the list for two consecutive years wasn’t a fluke at all.
Top 5 Podcasts for 2024
- Ep 94: ART’s Andrew Fisher on Scale
- Ep 97: Talking Leadership with Felicity Walsh
- Ep 93: NextEnergy Capital’s Mike Bonte-Friedheim
- Ep 102: Qantas Super’s Andrew Spence
- Ep 96: T. Rowe Price’s Maria Elena Drew
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[i3] Insights is the official educational bulletin of the Investment Innovation Institute [i3]. It covers major trends and innovations in institutional investing, providing independent and thought-provoking content about pension funds, insurance companies and sovereign wealth funds across the globe.