Australia’s biggest pension funds are heading to France and the UK this week in a fresh push for private market deals, just over a month after a similar US trip . Top executives from the A$4.5 trillion ($3.2 trillion) sector, including AustralianSuper , Australian Retirement Trust and Aware Super will meet French political and investment leaders before heading to the UK for talks with the British ...
Australia’s biggest pension funds are heading to France and the UK this week in a fresh push for private market deals, just over a month after a similar US trip . Top executives from the A$4.5 trillion ($3.2 trillion) sector, including AustralianSuper , Australian Retirement Trust and Aware Super will meet French political and investment leaders before heading to the UK for talks with the British government. More than 60% of inflows to Australia’s pension funds are now being allocated offshore, with investments in the European Union and UK projected to top A$660 billion in the next decade, according to a joint statement from funds making up the delegation. The pensions industry is on track to become the largest outside the US within five years. Read more: How Australia’s Pension Funds Became a Global Force: Explainer Australian pension funds already hold a broad portfolio of direct investments across the UK and Europe, spanning infrastructure, real estate and utilities. These include stakes in Manchester Airport Group, Vienna Airport and Gatwick Airport. The delegation also includes CBUS Super , HESTA and Rest , according to the statement. NEST, the UK’s largest workplace pension scheme and a shareholder in Australia’s IFM Investors, is also part of the group. Half of Australians Near Retirement Fear Running Out of Cash Top Pensions in $3.2 Trillion Australian System Aim to Bet on US Pay Gap Complicates Global Hunt for Australian Pension Chiefs