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Medibank Private has awarded global fund manager Dimensional an equity mandate targeting Australian value stocks.
Medibank’s asset consultant, Mercer, rated Dimension’s Australian Value Trust as the best performing Australian equities strategy over the past 10 years in its Australian Shares Survey.
Medibank Private treasurer Graeme Sala said Dimensional was chosen to receive the $45 million mandate due to the manager’s “consistent philosophy and approach, [which] has proven itself through several market cycles".
Dan Farmer, chief investment officer of MLC Asset Management, has detailed how its super fund allocations have evolved and whether the fund will consider investing in bitcoin.
Australia’s superannuation capital has been positioned to play a larger role in south-east Asia’s economic development under a new government-backed deal.
Superannuation funds have become the dominant force behind Australia’s private markets boom, fuelling unprecedented growth and reshaping manager operations.
Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock has said the central bank sees private demand picking up over the next year, taking over from public demand.