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
Defensiveness Through Currencies Financial Crisis, Fixed Income & Credit In an environment where bonds yields are close to zero, where do you look for defensiveness? Currencies are one answer, Franklin Templeton’s Michael Hasenstab says. Read More
Australian Property and COVID-19 Real Estate Having been through three deep recessions during his 40-year career, veteran asset consultant Ken Atchison is cautiously optimistic that the current COVID-19-induced recession will have a limited negative impact on Australia’s property industry. Read More
Explicit Protection for Super Funds Opinion, Private & Alternative Markets With bond yields at record lows, traditional fixed income defensiveness is reduced and expectations of negative rates of return from bonds at current pricing, has increased the attractiveness of defensive options-based solutions and broader portfolio overlays, Michael Armitage writes. 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
Stick to Aus, US Government Bonds Fixed Income & Credit If investors believe fixed income is a defensive allocation, then they should probably stick to just Australian and US government bonds, according to a Willis Towers Watson consultant. 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
