Australia’s superannuation funds have quietly reshaped their portfolios over the past decade, with Hostplus allocating 38% of its balanced option to private markets, AustralianSuper 23.75%, and ART 29.5% in unlisted and alternative assets. This structural shift by the country’s largest retirement capital pools raises an obvious question for advisers: private equity, private credit, unlisted infrastructure and private real estate were once specialist territory reserved for large institutions, but access has broadened and the case for including private markets in a well-constructed portfolio is harder to ignore.
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