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Special Feature: Beyond Safekeeping

BRENDAN SWIFT  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2026
... the public markets, where you can buy a lot of vendor data and it's pretty standardised," Nairn says. Unlike listed assets, where vendor data is standardised and prices are published continuously, private market holdings typically arrive as unstructured ...

ASFA makes suggestions for performance test overhaul

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2026
... investment by super funds, and requires modernisation," said Koval. Koval said the current framework works well for listed assets that can be easily benchmarked but is less suited to long-term, illiquid investments such as infrastructure, private equity ...

Super the backbone of stressed financial ecosystem: APRA

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2026
... cumulative demands surged to $174 billion, or just under 16% of net assets. In response, most funds were selling offshore listed assets to accommodate the shock but avoided unlisted asset sales to help limit fire-sale losses. They have, instead, increased ...

Super 'safest' entry in private market for retail investors: Morningstar

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2026
... seen cases where a major super fund leveraged its scale and expertise to defend against attempts to take publicly listed assets private where it believed they were mispriced." Morningstar noted super funds typically have internal investment teams to ...

FEATURE: Private equity | Time to deploy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
Private markets have experienced significant growth in recent years, and investors are showing no signs of slowing down. Global private equity (PE) investment rose from US$1.8 trillion in 2024 to US$2.1 trillion in 2025, despite a decline in deal volume ...

Rest Super names successor to long-serving fixed income lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026
... cash, taking over from Tracey Duff (pictured) who retired at the end of February. Kiran Singh, Rest's head of listed assets, said the appointment reflects O'Connor's expertise across the asset class and her leadership. "Rachel has overseen ...

Future Group rejigs investment team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026
Future Group has reshuffled its investment leadership, appointing a new chief investment officer and shifting its incumbent investment lead into a strategist role. Joe Fernandes joins the group after five years at Australian Unity, where he most recently ...

APRA stress tests for potential ASX failure

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
... levels had some impact on markets. "For super funds this included large transactions in international and domestic listed assets, with limited transactions in unlisted assets," the report said. "There was also a relatively modest impact on foreign exchange ...

Delaying reforms to YFYS test, RG97 costing members: Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2025
... growth companies has delivered average post-fee returns of about 18.2% - about 11 percentage points more than locally listed assets. However, super funds are typically only allocating about 4.4% to these asset classes in MySuper products. On average ...

Vanguard proposes tax-free way to save extra cash

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... proposed MyInvestment scheme would involve an account with an annual contribution limit of $20,000, invested in listed assets including equities, fixed income and property. The scheme would only be accessible for Australians under the age of 45 and would ...
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