In-house Investments

Investor Profile

Behind AustralianSuper’s global expansion

London-based AustralianSuper deputy CIO Damian Moloney oversees the global expansion plans of Australia’s largest superannuation fund. While a global presence has clear benefits for the fund and its members, Moloney’s advice to others contemplating the same is to plan extensively and build early.

Amanda WhiteOctober 22, 2024

Investor Profile

Investment staff at Ohio STRS lose bonuses to board infighting

Sarah RundellJune 25, 2024

FIS Toronto 2024

Solid foundations allow Canadian funds to innovate and grow

Simon HoyleJune 11, 2024

Investor Profile

PGGM revamps fixed income; focuses on liquidity

Sarah RundellFebruary 8, 2024

Fees

Costs drive ABP’s switch to passive in public markets

Sarah RundellMay 11, 2023

Governance

Don’t ignore culture in trying to solve the investment puzzle

Better internal investment integration and co-ordination will underpin long-term returns for two of the world’s largest investors, CPP and CalSTRS, but they’re also closely focused on how cultural issues – including diversity and team-building – affect whole-enterprise performance.

Simon HoyleJanuary 12, 2023

Governance

Internalisation drives value added for large funds

Size matters in institutional investing, but how exactly does it result in better returns? Research by CEM Benchmarking shows large, internalised, active investors produce more net value added than small, externalised, passive investors. Internalising private markets is a significant predictor of value add.

Sarah RundellFebruary 14, 2022

Governance

Norway’s SWF resembles index fund; needs clarity of mandate

The largest sovereign wealth fund in the world, Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global, resembles an index fund and is not making the most of its tracking error boundaries according to a review of the active management of the fund by a team of specialists who recommended more clarity of mandate.

Amanda WhiteJanuary 25, 2022

Global Pension Transparency Benchmark

Insourcing an indicator for better outcomes

Based on empirical evidence alone, funds that insource or internalise end up with better outcomes, both on a net and gross value-added basis, according to CEM Benchmarking data which draws from the evidence of some 300 funds in 17 major pension markets around the world representing $11 trillion of assets.

Ben HurleyNovember 30, 2021

Asset Allocation

Border to Coast: cost savings and alpha generation

In the three years since formation Border to Coast has proven success on both sides of the ledger, providing significant cost savings for its underlying partner funds and giving them access to investments they would not have dreamed of as single entities. The passionate CIO of Border to Coast, Daniel Booth, talks to Amanda White about the fund’s success and what is next in its quest for constant improvement.

Amanda WhiteOctober 19, 2021

Investor Profile

Cbus Super delivers lower fees, higher returns

The past year has seen Cbus Super bolster its team and systems - adding to its internalisation of investments - continue down the journey of fee reduction and deliver the best return of the fund’s 37-year history. Amanda White spoke to CIO, Kristian Fok.

Amanda WhiteJuly 15, 2021

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