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NZ Super Fund settles stake in Kiwibank

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2016
... invested $231 million for a 22% stake. The $494 million deal values KGHL at $1.05 billion. NZ Super Fund chief executive Adrian Orr said: "Investment opportunities of this size and potential are rare in New Zealand. As a New Zealand investor with a long-term ...

NZ Super tackles climate change

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... of high-risk companies as well as a reduction of other relevant portfolio exposures. NZ Super Fund chief executive Adrian Orr said climate change was a material investment issue with risks for long-horizon investors. "In coming years the global energy ...

NZ Super Fund posts decent full-year return

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
... assets is the best way to ensure that we maximise long-term returns to the taxpayer," Savage said. Chief executive Adrian Orr said despite strong recent fund returns, the global investment environment was challenging, with slow economic growth. "Overall ...

S&P launches long-term sustainability index

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
... large long-term institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds. New Zealand Superannuation Fund chief executive Adrian Orr commented on the launch, saying that "Traditional market practices and products have not always been conducive to such investing. ...

NZ Super posts 14% returns for FY2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
... horizon - it will keep growing until 2080 - this strong weighting to growth assets is appropriate," chief executive Adrian Orr said. Despite the long term focus, the fund expects current market volatility to impact its annual returns: "It is normal to ...

NZ Super CEO higher paid than Aussie counterparts

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund pays chief executive Adrian Orr considerably more than many of Australia's highest profile not-for-profit super fund chief executives. In its 2014 annual report, the NZ Super Fund revealed that Orr received NZ$791,462 ...

Cbus, NZ Super join Mercer climate change risk study

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... investments, and enable us to better prepare for the climate change-related challenges ahead." NZ Super Fund chief executive Adrian Orr said: "As a long-term, inter-generational investor, we need to understand the investment risks and opportunities associated ...

NZ Super names new CIO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... Suisse, based in Hong Kong. Before that he was a director at First NZ Capital in New Zealand. NZ Super chief executive Adrian Orr said: "It is a great privilege to work with Matt and very pleasing that he has accepted this new, important role. "Matt ...

NZ Super sells forestry stake to iwi group

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... Limited Partnership, Ngati Whare, Raukawa, Te Arawa Group Holdings Limited and Tuwharetoa. NZ Super chief executive Adrian Orr said pension funds investing next to an iwi collective was a good fit. "The involvement of Kakano is also consistent with the ...

NZ Super CEO appointed deputy chair of IFSWF

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
Chief executive of the Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation, Adrian Orr, has been elected deputy chair of the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF). As deputy, Orr will play second fiddle to chair Bader M. Al Sa'ad of the Kuwait Investment ...