Superannuation funds prepare their portfolios for longer-term inflation

As more evidence emerges to suggest that inflation is here to stay for longer than previously expected, superannuation funds such as Cbus and UniSuper are setting their sights on equities, real assets and interest rate futures to counter the effects. Mark Ferguson, head of total portfolio management at Cbus said that it has become increasingly murky how long the timeframe for this "transitory" inflation that the Federal Reserve has been touting would be. "We really only know how…