Japanese earthquake to slow super fund comeback

The end of February marked two years from the when the markets bottomed in the wake of the GFC, and Australian and international share markets are still more than 20 per cent off their peaks, according to Chant West, and listed property markets are still even further back.

“So funds still face an uphill battle to get back to their pre-GFC levels – even those that are well diversified into unlisted assets,” said Chant.

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Why Team Super won’t trade against its own managers

In an environment where markets are becoming ever more concentrated, the $21 billion Team Super is happy to wear plenty of active risk from its managers and won’t use overlays to make up for underperformance.

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