Equip Super

Investment Strategy

Equip Super and Catholic Super to merge in landmark deal

Equip Super and Catholic Super will merge their operations in a $26 billion deal ahead of a full merger by 2020 in a further sign of consolidation in the $2.65 trillion super industry.

Elizabeth FryMay 1, 2019

AustralianSuper co-head of macro and portfolio construction, Alistair Barker (Photo: Matt Fatches)

Fiduciary Investors Symposium

Size, governance matter when mulling internalisation

Taking on the complexity of maintaining internal management teams makes strategic sense if funds have scale and accountability systems.

Rachel AlembakisJanuary 3, 2019

Custody

Equip super wants to be your trustee

Equip has created a new model that lets smaller funds keep their distinctive front-office presence, while outsourcing trusteeship.

Rachel AlembakisOctober 17, 2018

Chair's Seat

Equip Super’s Andrew Fairley: Board approval

The independent chair of Equip Super, Andrew Fairley, believes the fund’s skills-based trustee selection is the way forward for the sector.

Amanda WhiteSeptember 10, 2018

Royal Commission

Equip Super insists on ‘rigorous’ trustee selection process

Equip Super's chair says it insists on completing a "rigorous" trustee selection process, even when it causes a merger deal to fall through.

Amanda WhiteAugust 13, 2018

Featured Homepage Posts

Merger helps Equip Super lower members’ fees

Last year’s Rio Tinto deal has helped the fund cut costs by improving its negotiating power and allowing it to consolidate functions.

Jean-Paul PelosiJuly 20, 2018

Featured Homepage Posts

Equip Super finds right skills mix with board refresh

Four years ago, the $15 billion fund assessed the mix of skills among its board members to develop a strategy to fill any perceived gaps.

Amanda WhiteJuly 10, 2018

Events

Good communication breeds successful culture in mergers

Sunsuper’s head of people, projects and performance, Jason Sommers, shares lessons from implementing five mergers in four years.

Sally RoseJanuary 15, 2018

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