What Australian super funds can learn from YaleBY BENJAMIN CHONG | THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020 8:35AMThe Economist recently wrote about an intellectual revolution amongst US investors led by the endowments of large American universities and originally headed by David Swensen ... Upgrade your subscription to access this article
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DANIEL SHRIMSKI
MANAGING DIRECTOR
VANGUARD INVESTMENTS AUSTRALIA LTD
MANAGING DIRECTOR
VANGUARD INVESTMENTS AUSTRALIA LTD
Vanguard Australia managing director Daniel Shrimski is determined to propel the investment giant's superannuation product into the top 10 funds by assets under management by 2030. It's an audacious goal, even for a fund backed by the world's second largest asset manager. Andrew McKean writes.
A really important & well argued point, not just large Managed Funds but also SMSF of retail investors need to be allowed to invest in unlisted equities, as these are the way out of Australia's current economic position.
More superannuation money needs to be going to primary market investments, including VC money. With typical investment class weightings, the SGC creates a high demand on secondary market assets which are admittedly easy to value but creating a highly regulated long game ponzi scheme. A current limitation for VC, much like Infrastructure, is a lack asset class specialists and this will need to grow. Which Super Fund will be the backer of the next Google?