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Future Fund to manage new drought fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... introduced a bill to set up a $5 billion fund for drought-related spending that will be managed by the Future Fund Board of Guardians. Minister for Finance and the Public Service Mathias Cormann said the fund will kick off with $3.9 billion and grow ...

Future Fund appoints to board

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
... term. Former UBS global asset management chief executive and chair John Fraser is joining the Future Fund's board of guardians, effective today. Fraser previously sat on the boards of Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and Australian Council of Financial ...

AFIC appoints chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... served as an alternate director for Campbell from 1987 to 2005. He is a former member of the Future Fund's board of guardians. He has also held directorships at Goldman Scahs and JB Were. Djeriwarrh invests in Australian equities "with a focus on stocks ...

NZ Super Fund appoints CEO

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2018
The NZ$38 billion New Zealand Superannuation Fund has confirmed its new chief executive after a global search for its next leader. Matt Whineray has been appointed chief executive of New Zealand's sovereign wealth fund, beginning July 1. Most recently ...

Priestley resigns from ASX, Future Fund boards

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
... the ASX board and we look forward to this matter being resolved." Priestley has also stepped down from the Board of Guardians at the Future Fund, Australia's sovereign wealth fund. His position on the ASX board came about when he stepped down from ...

Future Fund continues progress yet challenges lay ahead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
... continued to exceed benchmark return targets, with the fund now standing at $141 billion. Chair of the Future Fund Board of Guardians, Peter Costello, was pleased with performance of the fund, but mentioned that challenges lay ahead in the long-term. ...

Former J.P. Morgan chief joins Future Fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
... appointed a former J.P. Morgan chief executive to its board. Robert Priestley joins the sovereign wealth fund's Board of Guardians, replacing Steven Harker who completed his five-year term. Priestley was the chief executive of J.P. Morgan Australia and ...

NZ Super Fund posts record returns

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
... nearly 14 years." According to NZ Super, the high annual result reflects a sustained rally in global equity markets, the Guardians' strategic tilting program, its significant investment in North Island forestry business Kaingaroa Timberlands, and the ...

New Zealand super goes green

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... of its funds away from companies with high exposure to carbon emissions and reserves. As part of the major deviation, Guardians of the New Zealand Superannuation Fund announced the $14 billion global passive equity portfolio will employ a low-carbon ...

Future Fund investment mandate revised

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... analysis indicates global investment market conditions may make it increasingly difficult for the Future Fund Board of Guardians to achieve current returns without taking on excessive risk," Morrison said. "We have therefore issued the Future Fund with ...