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InvestorDaily In its latest Year in Review report, the Future Fund declared that in 2022–23, “the role of beta is increasingly challenged and the role of alpha is more important than ever”. “The divergence of economies means companies can better distinguish themselves in a more difficult environment,” the sovereign wealth fund said. “As a result, active alpha-seeking […]

Investment Magazine Australian pension funds are staying bullish on real estate investments despite a daunting commercial property market, as less-traditional opportunities that favour their long-term investment horizons open up. Most profit-for-member funds plan to either maintain or lift the size of their property portfolio even as they forecast negative returns from the sector for a […]

Investment Magazine Rest chief investment officer Andrew Lill is prioritising renewable energy assets as part of the $70 billion super fund’s alignment to Sustainable Development Goals. The fund plans to invest $2 billion in renewables and lower carbon assets by 2025, achieve net-zero emissions from property holdings by 2030, and allocate 1 per cent of funds […]

InvestorDaily The Australian ETF industry grew to $153.5 billion in funds under management during the month of July, 2.4 per cent above the previous $150.0 billion record reached a month earlier. The latest BetaShares Australian ETF Review suggested that “robust” investor flows combined with market appreciation had resulted in a strong start to the second […]

Investment Magazine Australia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Future Fund, is bullish on private equity and renewable energy, but admitted it will find it “extremely difficult” to achieve its mandate of CPI plus four per cent over the next five to ten years. The director of the Future Fund’s CIO office, Craig Thorburn, said he and […]

InvestorDaily US-based asset manager Nuveen have announced that four Australian superannuation funds had invested US$190 million into its US Cities Workplace strategy. Nuveen confirmed that the funds in question included Cbus Super, Hostplus and TWUSUPER, and a fourth unnamed fund, and that their sizeable investment would offer them access to “diversification benefits” of investing in sectors […]