Seeking higher-quality assets

UniSuper is the retirement fund for Australia’s higher-education sector, with A$42 billion ($37.3 billion) in assets under management and 450,000 members. As CIO, John Pearce oversees about 35 investment professionals across all asset classes both domestically and globally. He has been with UniSuper since July 2009. From 2006 to 2008 Pearce was head of global asset management at Chinese insurer Ping An. He also held several senior positions at Australian fund house Colonial First …