Investment Magazine

Fiduciary Duty

Inside the Qantas
investment engine

Basis points matter, according to Andrew Spence, chief investment officer of the $6-billion Qantas Superannuation Plan, because the volumes of money in superannuation ... [more]

One trustee, multiple funds

Managing conflicts of interest, setting rules for investment executives and thinking about what people want are part of Dick Morath’s fiduciary duty. Morath, ... [more]

Global Dialogue spurs pension-fund collaboration

Geoff Mellor, chief executive of the £20-billion UK fund Coal Pension Trustees (CPT), used his opening words to ask why the audience of ... [more]

Advance adapts to macroeconomic change

Some of the most dangerous risks that investors face today are reported in news headlines. Underpinning stories about Greece’s potential exit from the ... [more]

Super funds concerned about tax reporting

Superannuation funds are concerned about product compliance around new demands on pre and post-tax reporting of performance, says the chief executive of DST Global ... [more]

Solar flair:
the rise of Sunsuper

In late 2005, Sunsuper trustee Peter Annand spoke frankly with the fund’s new chief investment officer. “He said the fund is $6.5 billion ... [more]

REST Industry Super’s bold investment calls

Since 1999, when Damian Hill joined REST Industry Super to oversee administration, the $20-billion fund has never used a “set-and-forget” asset allocation. In the ... [more]

Energy Super seeks powerful investment returns

Members of Energy Super, the $3.8 billion industry fund, know the home address of chairman Bob Henricks in the south-east Brisbane suburb of ... [more]

Media Super adapts to change

Whether it is sitting on the board of Media Super or in his previous job as chief executive of the printing industries’ peak ... [more]

Combined Fund seeks greater market exposure

The $520 million Combined Fund is re-examining its strategic asset allocation to gain greater exposure to the market, the fund’s investment committee chairman, ... [more]