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NZ Super appoints inaugural chief operating officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
... becoming the world's best-performing sovereign wealth fund over the past 20 years, according to GlobalSWF's annual rankings. In FY24, the fund reported a mammoth return of 14.94%, outperforming its benchmark by some 9.3%.

NZ Super recognised for two decades of outperformance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... Fund is the world's best-performing sovereign wealth fund over the past 20 years. That's according to GlobalSWF's annual rankings, which found NZ Super Fund's returns over the 20 years to June 2024 significantly outperformed its peers. Over the period ...

The top Australian small-cap fund, year after year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
The Ophir Opportunities Fund has outperformed every rival in its category, topping the Australian small-cap fund rankings across all timeframes, according to the latest Mercer investment survey. The fund has returned 39.6% over one year besting the ...

Australian equity fund manager in a league of its own: Mercer survey

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
... periods, ranking second over three years and eighth over five within Mercer's Australian shares category. Next in the rankings was the Pendal Horizon Sustainable Australian Shares Fund, which returned 9.4%, followed by the Chester High Conviction Fund ...

Which fund managers are making the most from investor fees?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
Data analysis reveals the Australian fund managers that generated the most fees last year. The rankings were derived from an analysis of Morningstar's database of fund managers, with annual fee revenue determined by a fund's size multiplied by the Total ...

Australian super assets set to become second largest globally: WTW

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025
... above-average exposure to bonds, while Switzerland has the most-balanced allocation. Australia tops the defined contribution (DC) rankings in terms of assets with 89.2% of retirement savings invested are under this scheme. DCs are also popular in the ...

Best Australian share funds of 2024: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... Australian Growth Fund claimed the top spot, delivering a 30.7% return in 2024; it also topped the Australian shares product rankings in 2023 with a 25.1% return. "Hyperion focuses on identifying proven high-quality businesses with above average long-term ...

Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs top M&A advisory rankings

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs were the leading mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisors in the financial services sector last year, in terms of deal volume, according to GlobalData. The data and analytics firm's analysis revealed that Morgan Stanley ...

Australia's retirement system slides down rankings

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2024
Australia no longer has the top ranking retirement system in Asia Pacific and has also slid down the ranks globally, with experts saying it's the result of a lack of focus. According to the 16 th annual Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index ...

Aussie super funds climb ranks, government funds slide

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2024
... latest Global Top 300 Pension Funds report from Thinking Ahead Institute and Pensions and Investments which determines the rankings using June 2023 figures. AustralianSuper ranks highest, coming in at 16 th and moving up two places since 2022. It is ...