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NZSF gets top UN sustainability ratings

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
The United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment has given top marks to the NZ Super Fund. The sovereign wealth fund has received an A+ rating for responsible investment governance and strategy and either A or A+ ratings across all reported ...

NZ Super seeks factor investing strategies

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
... according to pre-determined factors that we believe will deliver superior risk-adjusted returns over the long-term." The NZ Super Fund said factor investing would potentially help get the most value out of its passive portfolio, which accounts for about ...

NZ Super appoints two board members

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... Hockey New Zealand and with a number of primary sector, consumer and industrial businesses in New Zealand and Australia. NZ Super Fund also announced yesterday it has sold 36.4 million shares in the NZ securities exchange listed Z Energy in an underwritten ...

NZ Super Fund sells private equity investments

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
... funds. The investments were in Hellman & Friedman VII, JMI Equity Fund VII, and H.I.G Bayside Loan Opportunities Fund II. NZ Super Fund head of investments Fiona Mackenzie said: "These investments were some of the smaller ones in the fund and the move ...

NZ Super announces merger mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2016
... ($280m) mandate in the asset class. Ramius is the alternative investment management business of Cowen Group, and its NZ Super mandate focuses on merger and acquisition transaction predominately through listed companies in North America and Europe. The ...

Global market slide hits NZ Super Fund

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
The New Zealand Super Fund has released its performance report for January 2016, revealing a negative 3.57% return. The $28 billion sovereign wealth fund attributed this return to its weighting to growth assets - in particular its 65% allocation to ...

NZ Super Fund invests in affordable housing

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
The NZ Super Fund has partnered with two investment managers to develop affordable housing in Auckland. Ngāi Tahu Property and New Ground Capital have joined with the super fund to invest $106 million to build roughly 200 new homes in Auckland's ...

NZ Super appoints new chair

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
The $28 billion New Zealand Superannuation Fund has appointed a new board chair following the recent resignation of Gavin Walker. The internal appointment sees Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation deputy chair Catherine Savage promoted to the top ...

JANA chief executive joins industry fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2015
... had also welcomed portfolio manager, asset allocation Andrew Fisher back to the business this week after six months at NZ Super Fund. Prior to that, Fisher had been at Sunsuper for five years. His appointment brings the size of Sunsuper's investment ...

NZ Super weighs equity market capacity

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... the manager's strategy, history may not be representative of liquidity conditions and trading volumes in coming years." NZ Super Fund chief investment officer, Matt Whineray, said capacity is an important but often ill-defined concept, relating to how ...