As a record amount of money chases private equity deals and pushes prices higher, two of Australia’s largest super funds are limiting their exposure to around 5 per cent, preferring publicly-listed companies instead.
Sunsuper, the $66 billion industry fund, has changed the way it judges equity managers in a bid to stop them boosting gross returns through short-term trading.
Fund managers are wrestling with the equity market that should be 20 per cent lower.
Asset owners blend styles, factors and managers in their quest for diversified portfolios and diversified sources of return, but it can be difficult to determine and monitor those exposures, and…
Perpetual’s portfolio manager for global equities, Garry Laurence, says being aware of where people in different cultures are spending their time and money is key to his process for picking…
Craig Thorburn, the director of emerging markets at the Future Fund, says private equity investments focused on venture and late-stage growth companies are proving to be highly attractive, with the…
