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Investment mandates to factor climate change

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
Nine out of ten major super funds have changed or plan to review their investment mandates to reflect climate change issues, a survey found. An Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and Climate Institute survey found 95 per cent of ...

Super funds to raise hedge fund weighting

... peak body for hedge funds, and conducted by the University of NSW Business School. According to the research, major super funds expect to increase their average allocations to hedge funds from 2.5 to 3.5 per cent over the next 2-5 years. This contrasts ...

Co-investing gains momentum

... or buys an equity, or equity-like, stake in the underlying fund manager, has worked wonders for many of the major super funds in the country. For example, a successful co-investment model that Sunsuper tried more than two years ago became the springboard ...

China's pension to dwarf Australia

MICHAEL HOBBS AND CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2007
... privatised. In other words, it's not done by government, it is done by private enterprise." Just as many of the major super funds here are benefiting from scale, China will also benefit from the sheer number of its working population and because it doesn't ...

Public companies should learn from private equity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2007
... & Co's comments echo similar views raised by investment leaders in Australia. Speaking at the Conference of Major Super Funds in March, industry super spokesperson Garry Weaven said growing influence of private equity will weaken the position of public ...

Instos unite for research

Eight major super funds and fund managers have become the cornerstone investors of Regnan, a specialist governance research group that will track the environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance of companies for institutional investors. The ...

Hedge fund myths confuse investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2007
... stability, said Robert Jaeger, vice chairman of EACM Advisers when speaking to delegates at the Conference of Major Super Funds. "In many countries, especially in the US, hedge funds are secretive because they are regulated," he said. Hedge fund averages ...

Private equity about multiples, not debt

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2007
... private equity investment manager at Industry Funds Management (IFM). Adams told delegates at the Conference of Major Super Funds (CMSF) that, "Buyers [when managers are exiting an investment] want to know you've done something to that company to make ...

Advice already in client's best interest: FPA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2007
... the client's 'best interest'. The comments, no doubt timed to coincide with the lead-up to the Conference of Major Super Funds later this month, have stirred a fighting rebuke from the FPA. "In seeking to promote one product group for the sake of retaining ...

Advisers are like architects: AFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2006
... protected," he said. Some super funds already recognise this. HIP Super, AustralianSuper and HESTA Super are major super funds that have recently updated their insurance offerings by significantly increasing cover, range of insurance choices and moving ...