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Strategy

Product important at Sunsuper

Sunsuper has boosted its product division, appointing three senior managers in newly created roles. The division, created last year to centralise the super ... [more]

Pipes, ports and power

One of the best reasons for investing in infrastructure is the growing interest in the asset class from institutional investors worldwide. United States, ... [more]

Super future: SMSF clones, partners

Superannuation funds wishing to stem the self-managed super fund tide should be offering product look-alikes or partnering with financial institutions providing SMSF services, ... [more]

New chair at LGS promises more growth, ESG

New Local Government Super (LGS) chair, Bruce Miller, says the superannuation fund is focused on growth post-global financial crisis (GFC), with the board ... [more]

Segmenting member investments

QSuper has begun segmenting member investments according to age and account balances, in what it is heralding as the end of an era ... [more]

Alternatives: buyer beware

Many superannuation funds that suffered losses to their alternatives portfolios during the global financial crisis were not using the asset class for its ... [more]

ETP allocations set to rise

Institutional investors across the Asia-Pacific region are set to increase their allocations to exchange traded products (ETPs), according to a survey commissioned by ... [more]

AustralianSuper brings it in-house

The $46-billion industry-superannuation fund, AustralianSuper, has started the search for a senior portfolio manager to head a new internal equity-management team. This is ... [more]

How the Future Fund found agility

Using a fund of funds enabled the Future Fund to build a large exposure to hedge funds quickly during the global financial crisis, ... [more]

Sustainability key in
VicSuper mandates

Sustainability and environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) were key considerations in VicSuper appointing four new international equities managers as part of an ... [more]