Australian Catholic Super is expected to announce that it has switched its asset consulting mandate after conducting a review of service providers.
The superannuation fund has been a client of Willis Towers Watson for the past five years and undertook a review of providers via Chant West earlier this year.
Super Review understands that Frontier Investment Consulting is the front-runner for the mandate, albeit that the appointment has not yet been formally announced.
Jim Chalmers has defended changes to the Future Fund’s mandate, referring to himself as a “big supporter” of the sovereign wealth fund, amid fierce opposition from the Coalition, which has pledged to reverse any changes if it wins next year’s election.
In a new review of the country’s largest fund, a research house says it’s well placed to deliver attractive returns despite challenges.
Chant West analysis suggests super could be well placed to deliver a double-digit result by the end of the calendar year.
Specific valuation decisions made by the $88 billion fund at the beginning of the pandemic were “not adequate for the deteriorating market conditions”, according to the prudential regulator.