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Super funds captivated by equities: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
Superannuation funds have been heavily reliant on equities for the last decade compared to their global peers, a new study reveals. The latest study by Willis Towers Watson's Thinking Ahead Institute finds that Australia's superannuation funds continue ...

New chair for iExtend

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
The founder of The Sentient Group and AMP's private capital business has been appointed chair of life insurer iExtend. Peter Cassidy is taking on the role. Cassidy established AMP's private capital business in 1993, managing investment funds across ...

Super funds defend controversial weapons holdings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
... investments in Elbit since 2012. The world's largest sovereign wealth fund, Norway's $2.4 trillion Government Pension Fund Global, has excluded Elbit since 2009 for reasons of "other particularly serious violations of fundamental ethical norms". ...

Norway's oil fund returns 16% in 2023

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
... 2023 following the -14% it recorded the previous year. Norges Bank Investment Management reported the Government Pension Fund Global raked in a return of $322 billion for the year, largely driven by investments in AI-related stocks. Equities returned ...

Federal Court appoints receivers to investigate Brite Advisors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2023
The Federal Court has appointed Linda Smith and Robert Kirman of McGrathNicol as corporate receivers to probe Brite Advisors, following serious concerns about the management of client pension funds. Smith and Kirman will investigate Brite Advisors and ...

Macro environment trumps inflation for asset owners: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023
The majority of global pension and sovereign wealth funds have shifted their focus from inflation to managing a volatile macroeconomic environment as they attempt to recoup massive losses, a new study shows. The Official Monetary and Financial Institutions ...

IFM Investors, UK government seal $19bn investment pact

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2023
IFM Investors signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the UK government yesterday, formalising a $19 billion investment commitment for large-scale infrastructure and energy transition projects intended to be deployed by 2027. The MoU, which ...

Former JPMAM Australia head joins Nest

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2023
The former J.P. Morgan Asset Management chief for Australia has taken on an executive post at UK pension fund Nest. Rachel Farrell, who was the country head of Australia for 10 years, was appointed to the role of director of public and private markets ...

Super funds missing out on rich returns from Aussie agriculture

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023
Global pension funds are increasing investments in Australian agriculture, the nation's second-largest real estate sector, prompting Warakirri Asset Management managing director Jim McKay to question the relative absence of superannuation funds. Warakirri ...

APAC looks to data-driven future: State Street

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2023
Over 80% of institutions globally expect sizeable opportunities to emerge from enhanced data management and usage, according to State Street's latest report. The State Street Data Opportunity Study, conducted in the third quarter of the year, analysed ...