How Are Australian Super Funds Widening Their Horizons in Asia?

What did BusinessDay report on 12 July 2011?

Australian institutional investors were increasingly buying Asian commercial property to diversify, said LaSalle Investment Management’s Asia-Pacific director David Edwards: many Australian super funds had succeeded in their core home market — overweight Australia paid off this cycle, but the future might differ: “diversification is always important.” Tough, competitive domestic markets prompted the thought: “should I diversify into the fastest-growing market?” Based in Hong Kong since the early 1990s, Edwards said Asian property was back to growth; pre-crisis investors had “gone up the risk curve,” and were now moving back to core.

What’s the lesson for MPF?

Australia’s super funds are Hong Kong MPF’s cousins; diversification is every retirement fund’s homework.

What can workers do?

See which funds diversify you into Asia at MPF fund comparison.