Insight - Australia’s hefty pension funds heading into a stormy 2022

As the industry notches up its 30th year of investing Australian workers’ savings, it’s clear that the world’s fourth largest pension pot risks being weighed down by the main offshoots of its success: scale and influence.

JUGGLING some A$3.4 trillion (US$2.4 trillion or RM10.10 trillion) of assets in one of the most inflationary markets ever endured by many of Australia’s pension fund managers just adds to the growing list of their worries for 2022.

As the industry notches up its 30th year of investing Australian workers’ savings, it’s clear that the world’s fourth largest pension pot risks being weighed down by the main offshoots of its success: scale and influence.