Diary of a super fund in a crisis

This situation could not have been more unique: the significant escalation of the Russia-Ukraine tensions coinciding with our merger to bring together two of the largest funds in the country, QSuper and Sunsuper, to form Australian Retirement Trust, and severe flooding in Brisbane, where most of the fund’s 2500 employees are based.

While both investment teams were working together to deliver the merger successfully, they were still managing independent portfolios in the face of the crisis.