ART Lifts Infra Assets by $6bn Asset Owners, Infrastructure Over just the past 12 months, Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has invested $6 billion in infrastructure assets. Florence Chong speaks with Michael Weaver about what’s next for the fund Read More
Spirit Super – Managing Risk, Challenging the Future Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Private & Alternative Markets Merely a year after the completion of the merger between Tasplan and MTAA, Spirit Super is already reaping the benefits of its larger scale in its real asset investments, Florence Chong writes. Read More
CEFC on Property and Sustainability ESG, Real Estate Approximately 20 per cent of the CEFC’s capital has been invested in property. Florence Chong speaks with Michael Di Russo about the sector’s sustainability credentials Read More
AustralianSuper to Triple Private Credit Assets Asset Owners, Fixed Income & Credit, Private & Alternative Markets AustralianSuper is planning to triple its private credit holdings across Australia, Europe and the United States in the next three years. Florence Chong speaks with Nick Ward to get a sense of the opportunities. Read More
Super Funds Eye Residential Property Real Estate Australia’s $9.6-trillion-plus residential market is finally coming onto the radar of large superannuation funds, as a convergence of key economic and social trends help create a more conducive environment in the housing sector for institutional investors Read More
The Blessings of a Blank Sheet Asset Owners, Private & Alternative Markets Aware Super has grown its infrastructure portfolio from zero to $11 billion in just seven years. Florence Chong speaks with Mark Hector and Damien Webb about the strategy, how the portfolio fared during the pandemic and potential new asset classes. Read More
From Public to Private with Aware Super Asset Owners, Private & Alternative Markets It is not often that an Australian superannuation fund tries to take a publicly listed company private, but that is exactly what Aware Super tried to do in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, Florence Chong writes. Read More
IOOF and the Four Buckets of Opportunities Real Estate After the merger with ANZ Wealth and MLC, the property portfolio of IOOF has grown to almost half a billion in FUMA. Florence Chong speaks to Head of Property Simon Gross about the next steps for the portfolio and the impact of the global pandemic. Read More
Future Fund on Infra and Pandemics Asset Owners, Infrastructure The coronavirus pandemic has had a significant impact on infrastructure assets, both positive and negative. Florence Chong speaks with the Future Fund’s James Fraser-Smith about the effect on airports, data centres and renewable assets. Read More
