Asset Allocation
UniSuper looks to China
The A$70 billion Australian superannuation fund for higher education and research workers, UniSuper, is keen on China. CIO John Pearce explains why.
Elizabeth FryJune 14, 2019
The Latest
In-house Investments
A leader inside and out
UniSuper CIO John Pearce has put together an internal team that consistently delivers top-ranked returns. Here, he discusses his investment philosophy and reveals a dominant theme for 2017.
Sally Rose and Dan PurvesMarch 6, 2017
Analysis
Australian funds look to collective DC
The $2 trillion Australian superannuation industry continues to evolve, with the move to collective defined contribution the latest product innovation for pension funds. While the industry is largely defined contribution, it hasn’t been good at providing retirement income products. Now, a number of Australian funds that have had both defined benefit and defined contribution plan […]
Amanda WhiteJune 26, 2015
Investor Profile
UniSuper’s domestic equities bias
John Pearce recently notched up five years in the role of chief investment officer at the $37 billion Australian fund, Unisuper. Here he explains his fund’s bias to domestic equities and explains the parameters of the fund’s in house management program. David Rowley reports. John Pearce has a side bet with a member of his […]
David RowleySeptember 3, 2014
In Conversation
UniSuper defies accepted thinking
Mention any asset class to John Pearce, chief investment officer of Australian superannuation fund UniSuper, and he will doggedly set out the good and bad thinking around it. A common source of his ire is the sight of investors herding around a belief based on a lack of rigorous thinking. Good practice for him involves […]
David RowleyJune 12, 2013
News
UniSuper loads its CMBS shopping trolley
UniSuper is spearheading Australian super funds as alternative sources of institutional‐grade debt funding through an allocation of $264 million to Australian commercial mortgage backed securities (CMBS).
PHILIPPA YELLANDApril 20, 2011
News
UniSuper’s specialist revolution for global equities
The A$25 billion ($21 billion) UniSuper is revolutionising its $4 billion international equities portfolio, terminating every active developed markets manager in favour of passively tracking the MSCI World, while alpha is sought among specialist regional and sectoral managers, with a listed technology mandate to be first cab off the rank. The chief investment officer of […]
MICHAEL BAILEYJuly 20, 2010
News
Australia’s UniSuper launches first internal capabilities
The $A25 billion ($23 billion) UniSuper will ramp up its internal funds management capabilities, with four of its own portfolios set to be running by the end of the year, in conjunction with a project that will see its defined benefit and defined contribution sections adopt differing investment strategies for the first time.
MICHAEL BAILEYApril 13, 2010