HESTA appoints Head of PM Asset Owners HESTA has appointed Alan Sheen as Head of Portfolio Management, who joins the fund from Dalton Street Capital. Read More
Future Fund Sees Tough Period Ahead Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Financial Crisis, Women in Finance The Future Fund sees a challenging environment ahead as it ends the year flat. The Future Fund expects to see a challenging and volatile environment in the future and believes that the factors that have driven the strong performance in the past might not be there any longer. “We do think that returns are going […] Read More
LGIAsuper on Retirement Products Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Retirement While long-term expected returns are likely to be low and short-term risks remain high, developing retirement products is a tricky exercise, especially with younger members in mind, Troy Rieck, CIO of LGIAsuper, says. Read More
NZ Super Looks to Boost Agri-investments Asset Owners, Private & Alternative Markets New Zealand Super is a well-known timberland investors and the fund is now looking to boost its agricultural investments too, Neil Woods says. Read More
Australian Catholic Super and NGS to Merge Asset Owners Australian Catholic Superannuation and NGS Super have signed a memorandum of understanding to merge. The merger would create a $21 billion fund, with 210,000 members. Read More
A Guide to Pension Funds in Australia Asset Owners, Guides In this brief guide, we discuss some of the characteristics and peculiarities of the Australian pension fund industry and how this influences the way these funds invest their money. Read More
SunSuper’s Liquidity Waterfall Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Financial Crisis Sunsuper CIO Ian Patrick talks about the pension fund’s experience dealing with the pandemic, tackling liquidity demands from member switching, early release of super and falling equity markets. Read More
AustralianSuper on China A-share Search Asset Owners, Emerging Markets, Equities AustralianSuper has provided an insight into its decision making process for a recent mandate dedicated to China A-shares. Read More
Infrastructure in the Pandemic Asset Owners, Infrastructure, Women in Finance We speak with Lianne Buck, former Head of Infrastructure of TCorp and Director of Melbourne Airport, about how the airport sector will cope with the turmoil caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Read More
