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WTW wins NZSuper review race (again)

WTW has won the job of carrying out a statutory probe into the policies and operational and investment processes of New Zealand’s sovereign wealth fund for an unprecedented repeat performance.

David Chaplin | 7th Feb 2024 | More
Why nation-building still languishes in ‘the landscape of rhetoric’ (and how to get it out)

Big super funds still aren’t really involved in the large nation-building projects that could make Australia a renewables powerhouse. Getting them to “cross the Rubicon” will take initiative from infrastructure managers and leadership from Australia’s sovereign wealth fund.

Lachlan Maddock | 2nd Feb 2024 | More
  • David Murray wades into Future Fund debate

    The first chair of the Future Fund has rubbished “populist pleas” to use the money in Australia’s sovereign wealth fund for pet causes, saying that they are “infused with an unrealistic optimism of the likelihood of success”.

    Lachlan Maddock | 31st Jan 2024 | More
    Equities ‘questionable’ as Future Fund makes $70bn of portfolio changes

    The market “ran hard” in the last quarter of 2023 and so did Australia’s sovereign wealth fund, making a cool $15.6 billion for the calendar year even as it effected sweeping changes to the portfolio.

    Lachlan Maddock | 24th Jan 2024 | More
  • Small funds top 2023 calendar year returns

    Super funds rode the late 2023 risk rally to spectacular effect, with the $13 billion Mine Super first in Chant West’s calendar year league table and a host of other small funds also making the top 10.

    Lachlan Maddock | 19th Jan 2024 | More
    Stocks priced for perfection could get a nasty surprise

    Markets are “overly sanguine” about how easy it will be to achieve the last mile of disinflation. The Fed might not cut rates rapidly, and if they do we might not like the reasons.

    Staff Writer | 19th Jan 2024 | More
    Why the easy money fairytale won’t have a fairytale ending

    Interest rates aren’t going back to what the current generation of investors consider ‘normal’ anytime soon, according to Oaktree’s Howard Marks, and different strategies will outperform in the years to come.

    Lachlan Maddock | 17th Jan 2024 | More
    Sovereign funds recover mojo, on track for US$71 trillion by 2030

    Global government-linked investment vehicles clawed back about US$1.4 trillion of 2022 losses by the end of last year on an expected path to more than US$70 trillion by 2030.

    David Chaplin | 12th Jan 2024 | More
    ‘Respect the data’ on the Magnificent Seven: Allspring

    The Magnificent Seven stocks have investors sweating market concentration, but throughout history that concentration has been the norm. All the game is still in the few.

    Lachlan Maddock | 12th Jan 2024 | More
  • The ‘window of opportunity’ is opening in private markets: BlackRock

    Artificial intelligence will expand the private equity opportunity set, according to BlackRock, while bargain-hunting real estate investors will soon get the discounts they’re looking for.

    Staff Writer | 10th Jan 2024 | More
    Credit’s ‘day of reckoning’ and the warnings super can’t ignore: ISN’s top stories of 2023

    Major moves in custody and investment internalisation were ISN’s biggest stories of 2023, but hard-headed analysis of retirement risk and credit quality pulled plenty of eyeballs too.

    Lachlan Maddock | 20th Dec 2023 | More
    The top risks and opportunities for 2024

    Russia might yet escalate its war in Ukraine, while a global recession remains an uncomfortable possibility. But alpha generation potential should increase and liquid alts will be “crucial” as growth uncertainty persists.

    Staff Writer | 15th Dec 2023 | More