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Future Fund chair back for a year, two new board members

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
Future Fund chairman David Murray has signed on for a further 12 months at the sovereign wealth fund amid controversy over an alleged board split, it was announced yesterday. Treasurer Wayne Swan re-appointed Murray for a further year, saying in a press ...

Future Fund rebounds

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
... cent over the year as capital was deployed into a range of strategies consistent with our long term objective," said David Murray, chair of the Future Fund board of guardians. Alternative investments and global equities were the chief beneficiaries of ...

Market Wrap - morning

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... Morgan and Fujitsu Australia are due to release the Australian Mortgage Industry Report. And Future Fund chairman David Murray is listed to speak at a business lunch in Melbourne. Also, ANZ Banking Group Ltd chief operating officer David Cartwright is ...

Future Fund chair attacks RSPT

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... mining tax proposal, the chairman of the public sector Future Fund said the tax should be re-designed or scrapped. David Murray, Future Fund chairman, told Business Spectator magazine last week that the structure and objective of the tax is flawed. "It's ...

Future Fund tops up alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
... foreign currency hedging program as a result of the decision to hold most of the fund in Australian dollars," said David Murray, Future Fund chair.

Future Fund slashes cash for alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
... Associates, Canyon Capital Advisors and Makena Capital Management among others, according to its 2008/2009 annual report. David Murray, chair of the Future Fund Board of Guardians, said the increased investments in the sector allowed managers to "take ...

Costello joins Future Fund board

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
... take up the position left by John Paterson when his term expires. Chairman of the Future Fund Board of Guardians David Murray thanked Paterson for his work over the past three years. "He has played a critical role in the development of the portfolio ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
... Management will conduct a tender of short-dated Treasury notes. Meanwhile, Future Fund Board of Guardians chairman David Murray addresses the Australian Institute of Company Directors in Sydney. In company news, Austar United Communications Ltd releases ...

Future Fund trumps market, but only just

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
... shareholding fell from $6.9 billion-plus to $2.6 billion-plus after it sold a third of its portfolio which, chair David Murray said, is more consistent with the fund's long term mandate and strategy.

Future Fund books 4.2pc loss

FUTURE FUND UPDATE  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
... contributions to the fund have been protected and we are continuing to build towards our long term objective," said David Murray, the Future Fund's chair. Murray said in the update that the fund will maintain its prudent approach given the issues that ...