AustralianSuper: The €90bn pension fund targeting European property lending

Australia’s largest superannuation fund, has entered the European real estate lending market. Daniel Cunningham finds out about its plans.

Given employers in Australia are required to pay the equivalent of 9.5 percent of their workers’ earnings into a superannuation fund, the country’s pension system is among the largest in the world. Collectively, the funds’ assets at mid-2018 stood at A$2.7 trillion (€1.7 trillion), according to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority.