Study of Australian Superannuation Fund Attitudes to Private Equity Investing

21 Pages Posted: 18 May 2008 Last revised: 12 Apr 2011

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John R. Evans

Centre for Analysis of Complex Financial Systems

Date Written: April 8, 2008

Abstract

In Australia, superannuation funds are a major source of capital for the development of the economy with assets of around AUD 1 trillion and growing rapidly. This study is aimed at establishing what are the attitudes of the major superannuation funds to private equity investments and is a follow up to an initial study conducted in 2005.

JEL Classification: G23, G24

Suggested Citation

Evans, John R., Study of Australian Superannuation Fund Attitudes to Private Equity Investing (April 8, 2008). UNSW Australian School of Business Research Paper No. 2008ACTL02, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1134605 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1134605

John R. Evans (Contact Author)

Centre for Analysis of Complex Financial Systems ( email )

PO Box 363
Summer Hill, 2130
Australia

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