Super also a casualty of the soaring Aussie

“But I think the results will give members a lot of comfort to know that last year’s positive return wasn’t a one-off, so it has been a year of consolidation.”

Chant West estimated that, on average, super funds need another 4.5 per cent in returns to get back to pre-global financial crisis levels.

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Canada establishes new SWF amidst global push for nation-building investment

Canada has established its first national-level sovereign wealth fund with a seed of C$25 billion to underwrite “nation-building” projects like ports, mines and energy infrastructure. In an unusual funding mechanism, the fund will issue a retail product that will allow individual investors to invest with the SWF and “participate in Canada’s growth”.

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