After a previous attempt to acquire the A$1.1 billion port with previous partner Palisade was sunk by the Australian competition watchdog, Spirit Super seems to have found success with a new partner.
Lucas Cacioli
Investment managers, economists and portfolio strategists discuss how COP27 will shape investment in Asia, and which sectors present the most ESG-friendly opportunities for investor portfolios.
While investors like the Ontario Teacher’s Pension Plan and Temasek write off their investments in FTX, the recent downfall of centralised crypto exchanges may actually serve as the purge the industry needs.
Vanguard’s new superannuation fund aims to capitalise on its reputation for low fees to break into the country's $2.18 trillion pension industry.
As education remains a centrepiece of Australia’s global services exports, the purpose-built student accommodation sector is continuing to attract significant capital commitments from foreign asset owners.
CDPQ’s real-estate arm views Asia Pacific’s real estate sector as a great diversifier with strong fundamentals that can be leveraged to build resilience into its portfolio.
In 2016, signals were clear that the Canadian pension fund would likely continue investing in Chinese and other Asian real estate markets. Six years on, its overall exposure to the region has grown significantly.
Although global bonds are experiencing a tumultuous year, with prices in free fall and yields skyrocketing, the low interest rates of the preceding years meant that many Australian super funds have smaller allocations to the asset class.
Family office investors in Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore are wading deeper into digital assets, but Australian pension funds remain focused on blockchain tech more broadly.
Surging interest rates resulted in a liquidity crisis for UK pension funds, but other systems in the Netherlands and Asia aren't likely to meet the same fate: APG, fund managers
For the past six years the Canadian pension plan has been scouting for the best possible India infra investments - today it's the fourth-largest investor in Indian infrastructure.
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is using the net-zero methodology it applies to its investment portfolio to its own operations.
