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UniSuper builds equities team

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
... investment strategy of its Global Environmental Opportunities investment option. UniSuper's chief investment officer John Pearce said the team is built based on a competitive culture that is delivering excellent returns for members, and Spence and Hill ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... Superannuation funds have observed the latest market hiccups in China with mixed feelings. UniSuper chief investment officer John Pearce explains that the $50.3 billion fund has $1 billion invested in three Asian equities mandates: Asian equities ex ...

Big changes on way for pension funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... internal management will improve how they manage external managers, according to UniSuper's chief investment officer John Pearce who was also quoted in the report. "The quality of questions we're asking external providers has improved; it's now a two-way ...

Highest paid execs in super revealed

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... executive to exceed the million mark. The highest paid executive of all, however, was UniSuper chief investment officer John Pearce, who earned a total of $1,313,487 in 2014, more than any chief executive in the group. Financial Standard went through ...

UniSuper buys big into Westfield despite restructure war

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
... despite its high profile opposition to the restructure last month. The $40 billion fund's chief investment officer John Pearce, who very publicly opposed the restructure of the company on the grounds that it represented an about face on business strategy ...

Most super boards have no independent trustees

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
... insurmountable one, as Trustee Boards continue to evolve in their role as stewards of the nation's retirement savings." John Pearce, chief investment officer of UniSuper (a fund which already has a third independent directors) said mandating a quota ...

Westfield restructure gets green light, UniSuper to retain holding

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... shareholding but this result doesn't trigger any immediate buy or sell decision," UniSuper chief investment officer John Pearce said. "Clearly the result is a bit disappointing but I respect Westfield's campaign, it was obviously very effective, and ...

UniSuper bolsters listed infra exposure

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... rather than any broader strategy to increase total exposure to infrastructure, according to chief investment officer John Pearce. "What we're looking for are quality assets, good yields and a reasonable price. In terms of whether that fits in infrastructure ...

Former BlackRock head joins UniSuper

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... analyst for Citibank Australia. "I am delighted to have someone of Mark's calibre and experience at UniSuper," said John Pearce, UniSuper's chief investment officer. Starting in early 2012, Himpoo will operate within the equities team led by Simon Hudson ...

UniSuper to shed mandates

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... holding the most mandates in 2010 according to Rainmaker's latest Mandate Chaser report. But that is a bad thing, said John Pearce, chief investment officer of UniSuper, and the fund intends to liquidate some of those contracts, consolidating their portfolio ...