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UniSuper revamps investment team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2022
... fund's merger with Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund, has considerably boosted its exposure to unlisted assets. This prompted Pearce to reshuffle other parts of his team. He has split the leadership of the fund's property ...

A playbook for private markets

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2022
A panel at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ASI 2022 conference has discussed how unlisted assets can be an important diversification strategy for super funds, despite challenges in accessing deals. IFM executive director private ...

NGS to reduce emissions 35% in three years

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2022
... equity, fixed income, infrastructure as well as equities." The scenario analysis was conducted over the listed and unlisted assets of its portfolio and NGS also did a glide path analysis to model carbon reduction scenarios over time, taking into consideration ...

AustralianSuper boosts private equity investments by $13bn

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2022
... from 5% today to 7% by 2024. This move is reflective of AustralianSuper's strategy to increase its investment in unlisted assets. On the increase in private equity investments, Charalambous said: "Not only can we act quickly and deploy large amounts ...

FSC offers guidance on divesting Russia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
... by Russian corporations. They also include private market assets domiciled in Russia such as private equity or unlisted assets domiciled in Russia, co-mingled products where greater than 50% of the underlying assets by market value are Russian domiciled ...

Industry funds buoyed by unlisted assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2022
Industry superannuation funds tend to outperform SMSFs and retail funds thanks to their allocation to unlisted assets and by managing investments internally. An Industry Super Australia analysis found that a member who joined an industry fund in 1996 ...

Biggest ever super merger completes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2022
... Patrick told Financial Standard that QSuper and Sunsuper already shared some fundamental investment approaches. "Unlisted assets have been a core part of both portfolios and the other thing that has been central to both portfolios is a belief that you ...

Super funds up offshore investments: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2021
... superannuation funds increasingly look offshore not only to invest in equities but also to gain more exposure to unlisted assets. According to NAB's 2021 Superannuation FX survey of 54 super funds, allocations to offshore investments jumped from ...

Super funds handed holdings disclosure win

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
... legislation has been finalised, with the government delivering a significant victory to super funds when it comes to unlisted assets and derivatives. Released yesterday, the final legislation shows a softening of the government's approach to unlisted ...

Former Women in Super chief joins AIST

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2021
... the global scale. Instead, the AIST supports disclosure of investment information, including where it relates to unlisted assets, and has proposed a framework for disclosing information in a way that won't harm members' retirement savings.