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Ireland to create new sovereign wealth fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023
The Irish government will establish the Future Ireland Fund to help meet costs of the future, including those posed by its ageing population, and is targeting €100 billion by the mid-2030s. Announced as part of the country's 2024 budget package, finance ...

Private credit boom sweeps Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2023
... private credit strategies that directly lend to companies with an average EBITDA of US$190 million. Its clients include sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, foundations, endowments, and family offices. Visiting Australia in June, Blue Owl head of institutional ...

Peter Costello steps down from Future Fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2023
... term as the chair of the Future Fund. A formal, merit-based search is now underway for a new chair of the $250 billion sovereign wealth fund, with the government viewing future board vacancies as an opportunity to "refresh and renew" its leadership ranks. ...

Future Fund slapped with new disclosure rules

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023
... The Future Fund Board of Guardians will be forced to periodically disclose the investment holdings of the $250 billion sovereign wealth fund. Under the new reporting regime introduced by minister for finance Katy Gallagher, additional information must ...

Insto injects further $530m in Qualitas

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023
... Qualitas secured a second commitment of $700 million from a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA). The sovereign wealth fund now invests a total of $1.4 billion in the Qualitas Diversified Credit Investments (QDCI). In August 2022 ...

Singaporean wealth manager mandates Aussie boutique

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2023
... Wealth Fund (AWF). AWF chief investment officer Jesse Aarnio said SSCF provides an attractive return profile for the sovereign wealth fund's Australian equities basket and client base. "Investing in the Spatium Small Companies Fund fits with our view ...

NZ Super Fund delivers 11.9%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2023
... we are confident the super fund will continue to add value for New Zealanders." Further, he said the super fund's sovereign wealth fund status and its long investment horizons gave it access to opportunities not available to others and allowed it ...

Largest pension funds see drop in assets: Research

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2023
... defined benefit (DB) pensions to smaller defined contribution (DC) plans. Further, the report revealed that in 2022 sovereign and public sector pension funds accounted for 152 funds in the top 300, representing 70.9% of total assets. "Sovereign pension ...

NZ Super Fund secures stake in Euroclear

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2023
... help diversify our investment portfolio," he said. Meanwhile, Euroclear chair Francesco Vanni d'Archirafi said as a sovereign wealth fund with a long-term investment horizon, the NZ Super Fund is a welcome addition to our shareholder community. Additionally ...

Commonwealth to disclose climate risks in sovereign bonds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023
The Commonwealth of Australia will disclose climate risk in sovereign bonds for the first time following the settlement of a world-first class action lawsuit. The case, filed in 2020 by retail investor Kathleen O'Donnell, was represented pro bono ...