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Why super fund investment calls are about more than next quarter’s returns

What’s at the heart of a super fund’s investment strategy? Capital allocation. And the better it allocates that capital, the better for all of us.

We’re so used to the fact that super funds own about one-quarter of the shares in Australia’s top 200 stocks that we’ve become desensitised to just how big that holding really is.

If you stop and think about it from a capital allocation perspective, super funds and where they put their money is hugely important to Australia’s long-term economic direction.

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Anthony Macdonald is a Chanticleer columnist. He is a former Street Talk co-editor and has 10 years' experience as a business journalist and worked at PwC, auditing and advising financial services companies. Connect with Anthony on Twitter. Email Anthony at a.macdonald@afr.com

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