Sonya Sawtell-Rickson – Total Portfolio Approach at Australian Superannuation HESTA (EP.342)

Capital Allocators – Inside the Institutional Investment Industry · Oct 9, 2023 · 1h 1m

Sonya Sawtell-Rickson is the Chief Investment Officer of Australian Superannuation Fund HESTA, a AUD 75 billion ($50 billion) pool dedicated to health and community service workers. HESTA services 90,000 employers and a million members, 80% of whom are women.

Sonya is one of Australia's biggest stars in employing a total portfolio approach to the management of assets. We discussed this approach in past conversations with Raff Arndt from Australia Future Fund and Matt Whineray, then CEO of New Zealand Super. TPA generally uses more granular risk management and fine-tuning of incremental…