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Mine Super, TWUSUPER commit to merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2023
... throughout the transition. "The new fund brings together leaders from both the funds reflecting a shared vision for the future fund and ongoing collaboration between the teams," they said. Langby and Sherry said the two entities are making strong progress ...

New fund targets 'blue chips of tomorrow'

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023
... investors looking to take advantage of much of the latent value opportunities within the small company sector." "The Future Fund, Australia's largest institutional investor, has recently allocated capital to active small cap managers providing demonstrable ...

Most Australian actively managed funds lag the index

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2023
... Global Australian Persistence Scorecard, released earlier this year, showed poor performance is a key indicator of future fund closures. The report demonstrated that nearly half of actively managed funds ranking in the bottom performance quartile over ...

Largest pension funds see drop in assets: Research

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2023
... Sunsuper and QSuper to create the Australian Retirement Trust saw it move to 21st place this year," she said. "The Future Fund remained in 26th place, while there were two new entrants, Equip Super (255) and Spirit Super (292), both a result of underlying ...

Future Fund posts 6% return

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023
... Raphael Arndt saying markets are under-pricing economic and geopolitical risks. The total funds now invested by the Future Fund stand at $256.2 billion, inclusive of the $60 billion first committed by government in 2006. Future Fund chair Peter Costello ...

LGT Crestone hires from Future Fund

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2023
... specialist. Tan's recruitment has boosted LGT Crestone's in-house investment team to 22. He joins from the Future Fund where he spent the past seven years as a strategist in the economics and capital markets team. He was a key member of the multi-disciplinary ...

Magellan reverts to old leadership model

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2023
... lead Magellan's investment function." George assumed the role of chief executive on 19 July 2022, hailing from the Future Fund where he was the deputy chief investment officer for public markets. Three months later, he took on additional duties as chief ...

Liquidate $250bn Future Fund, says think tank

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023
Given Australia's economic status, the government has been urged to liquidate the $250 billion Future Fund and pay down its $896 billion debt. According to a paper published by the Centre For Independent Studies, penned by Dimitri Burshtein, the ...

Future Fund finds new chief investment officer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023
The Future Fund's search for a chief investment officer is over, having promoted a long-tenured investment veteran. Most recently serving as deputy chief investment officer, Ben Samild has been promoted. He assumes chief investment officer responsibilities ...

Aware Super, Challenger partner for DB solution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023
Challenger will provide Aware Super with a $619 million group lifetime annuity policy to de-risk some of its lifetime pension liabilities. Challenger was selected by the fund, saying it is well placed to meet the needs of Aware Super's defined benefit ...