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Pluralsight loss ‘humbling’, says AustralianSuper

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Mega fund AustralianSuper said it is still feeling the pain from its very public loss in US software company Pluralsight, and even with $341 billion of assets under management, a $1.1 billion write-down is still too big a chunk of money to let go easily. But at the Fiduciary Investors Symposium, the fund’s senior private equity portfolio manager Robert Schnittger, said the most important thing now is to learn the lesson and “not lose money the same way twice”.

No end in sight to a ‘golden age’ of private credit

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As private credit markets continue to get broader and deeper, asset owners have become increasingly sophisticated about how they think about and how they access the asset class, the Fiduciary Investors Symposium has heard. Private credit remains attractive even as wariness about the weight of capital-chasing opportunities in some sectors.

Australian funds improve transparency, move up global rankings

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The 2024 Global Pension Transparency Benchmark, produced by Investment Magazine sister publication Top1000funds.com in association with CEM Benchmarking, has found the Australian funds in the benchmark have lifted their game significantly. Only Canada is still doing better.

Cbus turns to super warrior in media storm

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The appointment of former Industry Super Australia boss Bernie Dean to the C-suite at Cbus may well provide CEO Kristian Fok with valuable advice on how to handle the political and media maelstrom surrounding the construction industry super fund’s ties to now-defunct trade union the CFMEU. But it is also a tell-tale sign the super wars are in full swing ahead of the federal election.

Lill’s parting words: AI the next biggest challenge for super fund CIOs

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Andrew Lill departs REST on Friday, less than five years after taking the helm as the fund’s first chief investment officer. He reflects on the challenges facing his successors and for other super fund CIOs, naming technology and especially artificial intelligence, as having the greatest influence on the task of managing members’ money.

Good and bad news for bond investors in high government debts

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Concerns around global governments running unprecedented debt levels have been well-documented, but PGIM’s top fixed income strategist Robert Tipp said this new reality has both good and bad news for bond investors. The key lies in different nations’ economic approaches.

TCorp revamp to deliver $400m boost to NSW Government

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Since early September, 10 of TCorp’s client portfolios have operated under a new investment structure, dubbed OneFund. Chief investment officer Stewart Brentnall told the Fiduciary Investors Symposium that the reorganisation is expected to deliver an additional $400 million to $450 million to the NSW Government every year.

Magnificent Seven? More like the ‘Formidable Two’

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The Magnificent Seven is a catchy moniker but investors have been warned that not all of them will live up to the name. In fact, some active equity shops are ready to pounce on the non-discerning market by gaining exposure to the ‘Formidable Two’ – best of the best names in the Magnificent Seven that will likely alone outperform the group.

Why super funds need to get wise to active ownership

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Some asset owners believe active ownership has become a strong portfolio diversifier and that taking an informed “interventional stance” with companies can add value. Other times, active ownership is an important part of damage control, including in cases such as the recent WiseTech scandal.

WiseTech upheaval highlights super fund behind-the-scenes playbook

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As the biggest fish in the pond, AustralianSuper’s behaviour as an activist shareholder is bound to attract attention and criticism. But its roles in recent corporate actions involving WiseTech and Mineral Resources, and earlier involving Origin Energy, suggests the $342 billion behemoth has a clear playbook for dealing with perceived ESG issues in its investee companies. The boards of every company it invests in should take note.

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