AustralianSuper

The decision will ‘increase flexibility’ and help secure best value for money, said chair Greg Combet.

With a divestment to AustralianSuper, the Canadian pension investor is executing a long-term plan to achieve scale in European logistics.

With its new merger, the Melbourne-based infrastructure firm hopes to grow and globalize property fund manager IFM’s unlisted platform.

Market pricing is starting to reflect capital spent on decarbonizing assets, according to speakers at the Women in Private Markets Summit in London this week.

Amid a stalled private real estate marketplace, institutional investors at the PERE Network Europe Forum contemplated how now could be a good time to buy large office and retail properties.

AustralianSuper’s merger of its infrastructure and real estate teams reflects a convergence of the two asset classes that is becoming increasingly uncomfortable for managers.

The investor sees ‘a blurring of investment opportunity classification across the two asset classes,’ says head of mid-risk Jason Peasley.

The country’s super funds are reporting reduced valuations as they seek to understand the potential impact of the coronavirus crisis on their portfolios.