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NGS Super
NGS Super was established in 1988 to serve Australia's non-government education sector, with the Independent Education Union (IEU) and the Association of...
NGS Super
NGS Super was established in 1988 to serve Australia's non-government education sector, with the Independent Education Union (IEU) and the Association of Independent Schools (AIS) as sponsoring partners. Its member and employer base expanded through mergers with the Independent Schools Superannuation Trust and QIEC Super, consolidating it as one of the dedicated industry funds for teaching professionals and community workers. The fund allocates across infrastructure, real estate, private equity, and venture capital through a mix of direct co-investments and pooled institutional vehicles. It is a shareholder and investor in IFM Investors' infrastructure and private equity products, and holds named physical assets including the Leeuwin Offshore Wind Project in Geographe Bay, Western Australia; the Gippsland Offshore Wind Project in Victoria; and the Select Core Property Portfolio and Select Office Fund, both anchored in Australian commercial markets. The global Campus Living Villages residential portfolio rounds out its direct real-asset book. The fund employs Ben Squires as Chief Investment Officer and Natalie Previtera as CEO, with no disclosed total professional headcount. It is a signatory to the Principles for Responsible Investment since 2008, a participant in the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors' Asset Owner Stewardship Code, and maintains active membership in the Responsible Investment Association Australasia. In May 2026, the firm's website highlighted the launch of an interactive virtual adviser tool for digital personal advice delivery. Unlike pooled balanced-fund competitors, NGS Super maintains an investor-shareholder relationship with IFM Investors, giving it structural exposure to a large-scale, multi-asset institutional platform while retaining discrete ownership of domestic real assets. The dual-union sponsorship governance model — balancing the IEU and AIS — shapes a fiduciary relationship that is narrower in membership base but more directly tied to its participants' industrial identity than typical broad-market super funds.
General information
Firm type
Pension Fund
Year founded
1988
AUM
Undisclosed
Location
Region
Oceania
Country
Australia
City
Brisbane
Corporate office
Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Principals
Natalie Previtera
Chief Executive Officer
Ben Squires
Chief Investment Officer
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who runs investment decisions at NGS Super?
Ben Squires serves as Chief Investment Officer, overseeing the fund's allocation across infrastructure, real estate, private equity, and venture capital. Natalie Previtera holds the Chief Executive Officer role. The fund's sponsoring organizations — the Independent Education Union and the Association of Independent Schools — retain governance representation but the investment function is managed internally by the dedicated CIO-led team.
How is NGS Super's infrastructure exposure structured?
NGS Super is an investor-shareholder in IFM Investors, gaining access to its institutional infrastructure and private equity products. It also holds direct named projects, including the Leeuwin and Gippsland offshore wind developments in Western Australia and Victoria respectively, alongside a domestic commercial real estate portfolio.
Does NGS Super commit alongside external GPs?
Yes. The fund co-invests through IFM Investors, a large Australian institutionally owned investment manager in which NGS Super holds a direct shareholder interest. This dual posture — investor and owner — provides both co-mingled fund access and alignment of governance.
Which sectors or asset classes does NGS Super explicitly avoid?
Publicly available materials list investment in infrastructure, real estate, private equity, and venture capital without explicit exclusion markers. The fund's PRI signatory status since 2008 and membership in the Responsible Investment Association Australasia suggest ESG screening is applied, but specific negative-sector exclusions are not disclosed.
How is NGS Super governed, given its union-aligned membership base?
The Independent Education Union and the Association of Independent Schools are sponsoring organizations and key stakeholders representing member and employer interests respectively. This dual-partner board structure is a legacy of the fund's 1988 founding to serve non-government education and community-sector employees.
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