New Zealand Super Fund

also referred to as: new zealand super · new zealand superfund

6 statements across 4 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Sep 9, 2019 by Matt Whineray · said 10 times in 1 episodes since 2026 · across every show →

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Sep 9, 2019
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Whineray: NZ Super Fund tilts equities, bonds, currency, credit, and commodities
“That's got global equities, global bonds, Currency. It's got some credit. So it's sovereign and credit. We've just recently introduced a small bit of risk in commodities. So we're starting to tilt those as well.”
Matt Whineray Sep 9, 2019 ▶ 34:18 Matt Whineray – Leading New Zealand Super Fund (Capital Allocators, EP.108)
Sep 9, 2019
Insight
Flexible external mandates require around $200 million check sizes
“And so you can't do that if you're turning up with a fifty million dollar check. What we found is actually around about 200, you start to have the ability to create a flexible mandate.”
Matt Whineray Sep 9, 2019 ▶ 41:57 Matt Whineray – Leading New Zealand Super Fund (Capital Allocators, EP.108)
Sep 11, 2023
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Puffer: Maple Eight developed investment thinking used by GIC and NZ Super
“When you think about New Zealand Super and GIC, some of the European pension plans, much of the thinking that has been put in place in those pension plans has been developed at the Maple Eight and enhanced in those funds tailored to their needs and their gover…”
Marlene Puffer Sep 11, 2023 ▶ 53:21 Marlene Puffer – Canadian Pension Model at AIMCo (EP.337)
Jan 12, 2026 positive
Assertion Supported
Monk: NZ Super Fund eliminated individual asset-class compensation links
“I can remember the New Zealand Superfund, which is one of the best total portfolio investors having to scrub out all of the individual portfolio links to their compensation. It was total fund, qualitative metrics for compensation.”
Ashby Monk Jan 12, 2026 ▶ 15:34 Ashby Monk – Total Portfolio Approach and the Future of Asset Owners (EP.480)
Feb 9, 2026 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Gilmore: NZ Super won via heavy bet sizing, not a high win rate
“If you look at all the different investment strategies, when I first looked at the analysis, I thought, well, actually the hit rate or the banning average is pretty ordinary. That's not that unusual, but the slugging average was amazing. The areas that it did …”
Stephen Gilmore Feb 9, 2026 ▶ 43:41 Stephen Gilmore – CalPERS' Total Portfolio Approach (EP.486)
Feb 9, 2026 neutral
Assertion Supported
Gilmore: NZ Super Uses a Reference Portfolio While Future Fund Does Not
“In the case of New Zealand Super, Turtle Portfolio Approach, they have a reference portfolio. Future Fund, Turtle Portfolio Approach, doesn't have a reference portfolio.”
Stephen Gilmore Feb 9, 2026 ▶ 16:23 Stephen Gilmore – CalPERS' Total Portfolio Approach (EP.486)
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