Global Investment Institute is Australia’s leading provider of conferences for capital allocators.
We connect institutional investors, family office and private wealth investment leaders with peers and global investment experts to share knowledge and thought leadership in a private, collegiate and discussion-focussed setting, conducted under Chatham House Rule.
Our upcoming events include:
May 2025
Current featured job vacancies and opportunities include roles at AustralianSuper, Apollo Global Management, Aware Super, Blackwattle Investment Partners, Cbus, Goldman Sachs, Hostplus, J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Morgan Stanley, Northern Trust Asset Management, NZ Super Fund, Octopus Australia, and VFMC.
If you would like us to promote a job vacancy at your organisation for executive and senior investment roles, please email Nicole Browne, Global Investment Institute.
Read MoreGlobal Investment Institute congratulates Edwina Matthew and Ashish Gupta on joining the Future Fund as Director of Responsible Investment, and Director of Portfolio Risk, respectively.
The Future Fund is Australia’s sovereign wealth fund and manages money on behalf of the Australian Federal Government. The Future Fund is the country's single-largest financial asset with more than A$300 billion in assets under management.
Edwina will report directly to Kirsten Simpson, who leads the Future Fund’s Responsible Investment Team. Ashish will report to Carol Lee, Future Fund’s Managing Director of Portfolio Risk.
We wish Edwina and Ashish all the best in their new roles and continued success to the team at the Future Fund.
Read MoreGlobal Investment Institute congratulates Michael Clancy on his appointment to the role of Chief Investment Officer at Rest.
Rest is one of Australia's largest profit-to-member superannuation funds, investing on behalf of more than 2 million Australians, with A$93 billion in assets under management.
Michael is the former chief executive of Qantas Super, where he led for nine years until it merged with Australian Retirement Trust.
We wish Michael all the best in his new role and continued success to the team at Rest.
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Global Investment Institute congratulates Simon James on re-joining WTW in the role of Director, Investments – Client Team.
WTW is a global asset consultant, providing a range of expertise in risk management, strategic and dynamic asset allocation, portfolio construction, investment manager selection, sustainable investment, investment governance, and delegated investment solutions (implemented consulting).
Most recently, Simon was Head of Credit, Australia at WTW where he was responsible for researching fixed income and credit managers spanning both the traditional and alternative credit universes, and advising clients on the portfolio construction for those asset classes.
We wish Simon all the best in his new role and continued success to the team at WTW.
Read MoreGlobal Investment Institute was delighted to host the world’s leading private credit investment experts and key decision makers of Australia’s largest institutional investor organisations, collectively representing more than A$2.14 trillion in assets under management at our premier annual Private Credit Investment Forum on Thursday, 8 May 2025 in Melbourne, Victoria.
Sentiment captured at the event through polling of participants was overwhelmingly positive with regard to investing in the private credit asset class, with 81% indicating that they are looking to increase their allocation to private credit, and the remaining 19% expecting it to remain unchanged.
Read on to view the sentiment captured and to receive the full polling report from our 2025 Private Credit Investment Forum.
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Global Investment Institute congratulates The Hon. Nicholas (Nick) Sherry on his appointment to the role of Co-Chair at Team Super.
Mine Super and TWUSUPER successfully completed their merger on 21 March 2025. To support the merger, Mine Super rebranded to Team Super on Monday, 20 January 2025. Team Super now manages over A$22 billion in assets and serves more than 150,000 members.
Most recently, Nick was the Independent Chair of the TWUSUPER Board since 2022, until the merger with Team Super.
We wish Nick all the best in his new role and continued success to the Team Super team.
Read More“It is difficult to predict future mineral demands because trajectories hinge on technological shifts. Investors will need to monitor innovations to avoid stranded asset risks.”
-Tim Werner is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Melbourne’s School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. He is currently focused on examining land use impacts of mining critical minerals. His interests span many topics, including mineral supply chain resilience and dynamics, land use changes, and exploring critical metal supply chain impacts at both local and global scales.
In this exclusive interview with Global Investment Institute, Tim discusses the rapidly evolving landscape of critical minerals, examining demand drivers, supply chain vulnerabilities, environmental and social concerns, and innovations shaping the sector's future.
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Global Investment Institute congratulates Andrew Woo on his promotion to the role of Associate Portfolio Manager, Defensive & Liquid Assets and Portfolio Intelligence at Australian Retirement Trust (ART).
ART is one of Australia’s largest super funds, formed through the merger of Sunsuper and QSuper. They have more than A$330 billion in assets under management and over 2.4 million members.
Most recently, Andrew was a Senior Portfolio Analyst, Public Markets – Fixed Income at Australian Retirement Trust.
We wish Andrew all the best in his new role and continued success to the team at ART.
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Global Investment Institute congratulates Marie Cardaci on her appointment to the role of Investment Manager at Emergency Services and State Super (ESSSuper).
ESSSuper is a superannuation fund with around 124,500 members and over A$37 billion in assets under management.
Prior to joining ESSSuper, Marie was a Senior Consultant and Deputy Head of Responsible Investments at Frontier Advisors.
We wish Marie all the best in her new role and continued success to the team at ESSSuper.
Marie is an Advisory Committee member of Global Investment Institute’s Net Zero Investment Forum, which is taking place on Thursday, 26 March 2026 in Melbourne CBD. To find out more about the event or to express interest in attending please click here.
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Global Investment Institute congratulates Louise Bradshaw on her appointment to the role of Manager, Responsible Investments at CareSuper.
CareSuper is an award-winning, profit-to-member industry super fund. On 1 November 2024, CareSuper merged with Spirit Super to form a fund with over 550,000 members and A$53 billion in assets under management.
Most recently, Louise served as Manager - Responsible Investments, Stewardship lead at Aware Super. Prior to that, she was a Senior Analyst - Responsible Investments at Aware Super.
We wish Louise all the best in her new role and continued success to the team at CareSuper.
Read More“Long viewed as competitors, the relationship between banks and private credit firms has recently grown more symbiotic. Bank-private partnerships can offer a bespoke financing solution that gives borrowers the flexibility they desire while offering investors an avenue to pick up spread over conventional IG debt in a downside protected manner.”
-Joe Moroney is Partner and Co-Head of Global Corporate Credit at Apollo, where he is responsible for overseeing the corporate finance investment team as well as the fixed income replacement strategy, Investment Grade Private Credit. He joined Apollo in 2008 as the Head of Apollo’s Global Performing Credit Group and also serves as Head of Sustainable Finance.
Joe will be presenting at Global Investment Institute’s upcoming Private Credit Investment Forum, taking place on Thursday, 8 May 2025 at the Grand Hyatt Melbourne, Victoria. To register your interest in attending, click here or for more information email zlatan@globalii.com.au.
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Global Investment Institute congratulates Matt Kempton on joining Cbus in the role Head of Equity Strategies.
Cbus is a superannuation fund with A$100 billion in assets under management and 920,000+ members.
Matt will join Cbus in August 2025 from Funds SA where he spent 7+ years and most recently held the role Deputy Chief Investment Officer and Director, Equities. Funds SA is an investment management partner for South Australian public sector superannuation funds and approved authorities, with A$41 billion in assets under management.
We wish Matt all the best in his new role and continued success to the team at Cbus.
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