The establishment of a $10 billion housing fund is an important step towards increasing the supply of affordable housing in Australia while providing new investment avenues for institutions, according to leading super bodies.
HESTA has appointed Dianne Sandoval as head of portfolio design, joining from a public pension fund in Saudi Arabia.
Legalsuper has lost a second C-suite executive as its chief investment officer, Norman Zhang, will be leaving in December, just weeks after it announced the exit of chief operating officer Trevin Erichsen.
In line with the fund’s digital transformation project, Aware Super’s new portal enables independent financial advisers to more efficiently manage clients’ investment options and be less reliant on call centres.
The super fund expects its partly owned airports’ revenue to exceed pre-pandemic levels over the next few years, acting as a valuable sector in its infrastructure asset class.
AustralianSuper has made its first significant venture into data centres with a $2.5 billion deal with global alternatives investment manager DigitalBridge Group.
Over half of Australians would access their super early if they could in the current cost-of-living crisis, much like the early access observed during the pandemic, according to research.
The government has passed legislation improving the efficiency of the First Home Super Saver Scheme.
Australian Retirement Trust has appointed a sustainable investment portfolio manager, who joins after more than 20 years at consultancy WTW.
Two funds are being called out for failing to divest from Australia’s largest oil and gas company, resulting in undermining their own climate commitments and potentially toeing the line of greenwashing.