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IFM Investors expands into Canada

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
IFM Investors has opened an office in Toronto, as the firm expands its global footprint. Across Canada, IFM serves more than 200 institutional clients, representing approximately $15.65 billion (C$14.4bn) in funds under management (FUM). IFM said the ...

Australia's 'Super 6' embrace total portfolio approach: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
... established American Public Funds 7, Canada's Maple 8 and the Euro 9, together with the fast-developing Gulf 5 and Australian Super 6 clusters "occupy a strategically critical place in global value creation and are increasingly converging in approach." ...

Super funds most relied upon for advice: Survey

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
... Survey - studying some 1000 participants across Australia, Canada, the US and the UK - found that only 39% of Australian super members felt 'very or extremely confident' they would be able to retire at their desired age. While the confidence level has ...

FEATURE | Agriculture: Golden soil

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
In the book The Lucky Country, the late author Donald Horne provides a piercing assessment of Australia in 1964, stating that its prosperity is derived from good fortune rather than industriousness or ambition. He ruminated about the future challenges ...

Superannuation assets jump to $4.5tn: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
... (US$1.8tn), followed by Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund with $2.5 trillion (US$1.6tn). The other Australian super funds to make the top 300 list were Australian Retirement Trust (ART), Aware Super, UniSuper, Hostplus, Cbus, Rest, HESTA ...

Global resilience is a key systemic risk: HESTA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2025
HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey told the recent ASFA Conference 2025 that the super fund has been considering global resilience as a key thematic when making responsible investment decisions. "We see this as a systemic risk, the same as climate change ...

Half of super investments now offshore: NAB

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2025
NAB's latest Super Insights Report has found that the $3 trillion APRA-regulated superannuation industry now has more than 50% of its assets invested overseas. The report draws on survey responses from 37 Australian superannuation funds, representing ...

Majority reject crypto investments in super fund: Swyftx

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... inside 401(k) retirement plans. Other jurisdictions will follow suit, and I'd imagine it is likely that more Australian super funds will look to gain some kind of exposure to crypto," Titman said. Further, in the wake of the collapse of FTX and risks ...

Super funds raise stakes in US investments to US$1.44tn

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... confirmed the new figures, saying they "represent the latest estimates on the expected US investment pipeline for Australian super funds." "As is always the case, super funds make investment decisions independently, on a case-by-case basis and in the ...

Equip Super searches for new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
The industry super fund is on the lookout for a new chief executive following the resignation of Scott Cameron. Cameron has led Equip Super for six years, taking over when Equip entered a joint venture with Catholic Super to operate under the Togethr ...