Institutional investment house Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) has appointed State Street to provide investment services to its new Irish-domiciled qualified investment fund (QIF).
Under the mandate, State Street will provide custody, fund administration and performance and analytics services for QIC.
QIC announced the establishment of the QIF earlier this year as a means of making its Global Fixed Interest Alpha Fund available to investors outside of Australia.
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.