We use a range of specialists to manage our members' investments.
Known as underlying investment managers, these specialists manage specific types of investments such as Australian and international shares, alternative assets, cash, and fixed interest investments through various investment vehicles including managed funds.
We carefully select and monitor the performance of the investment managers against set criteria.
* Please note that investment managers are subject to change.
Current investment managers include:
Australian shares
- Acorn Capital Ltd
- Eley Griffiths Group Pty Ltd
- Hyperion Asset Management Ltd
- Independent Asset Management Pty Ltd
- Northcape Capital Pty Ltd
- Macquarie Investment Management Limited
- DFA Australia Limited (Dimensional)
- Balanced Equity Management Pty Limited
- Colonial First State Asset Management (Australia) Ltd
- Vanguard Investments Australia Limited.
International shares
- Colonial First State Investments Ltd (Emerging markets)
- Independent Franchise Partners, LLP
- IronBridge Capital Management, L.P.
- Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co
- Trilogy Global Advisors
- Vanguard Investments Australia Ltd
- Veritas Asset Management (UK) Ltd
- Baillie Gifford Overseas Ltd
- Deutsche Asset Management (Australia) Limited
- Harding Loevner LP.
Alternative growth
- AEW Capital Management
- MGPA
- Macquarie Retail Management (Asia) Limited
- Franklin Templeton Investments Australia Ltd
- Vanguard Investments Australia Limited
- St Hilliers Funds Management
- Quadrant Real Estate Advisors
- Perennial Investment Partners Ltd
- Invesco Australia Ltd
- Morgan Stanley Investment Management Ltd
- RARE Infrastructure Limited
- Macquarie Specialised Asset Management Limited
- UBS Global Asset Management (Aust) Ltd
- Bridgewater Associates, Inc.
- Wilshire Australia Pty Ltd (Australian Private Equity)
- Wilshire Global Advisors Ltd (International Private Equity)
- Continuity Capital Partners (Australian Private Equity)
- Health Super also uses a range of Australian private equity managers.
Alternative defensive
- AMP Capital Investors Ltd
- Colonial First State Property Ltd
- Lend Lease Real Estate Investments Ltd
- Queensland Investment Corporation
- Investa Properties Limited
- Goodman Funds Management Australia Limited
- GPT Funds Management Limited
- Bridgewater Associates, Inc.
- UBS Global Asset Management (Aust) Ltd
- Colonial First State Investments Ltd.
Fixed interest
- Aberdeen Investment Management Australia Ltd
- Queensland Investment Corporation
- Vianova Asset Management Pty Ltd
- Wellington International Management Company Pte Ltd
- Western Asset Management Company Ltd
- Schroder Investment Management Australia Ltd.
- UBS Global Asset Management (Aust) Ltd
- Vanguard Investments Australia Ltd.
Foreign currency
- State Street Global Advisors.
Cash
- Vanguard Investments Australia Limited
- Colonial First State Investments Ltd.
Asset consultant
Asset consultants help with research and advice on assets and where to invest your superannuation. For example, they help us set targets for various asset class allocations and provide research on managers in each of the asset sectors, including an evaluation of the manager’s investment style and its suitability to complement other current and potential managers. Health Super has appointed Towers Watson Australia Pty Limited and JANA Investment Advisers Pty Limited as its asset consultants.