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Sovereign wealth funds increase investment horizons, private market exposure

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2022
Sovereign wealth funds have continued to extend their investment time horizons in reaction to high levels of volatility, increasing allocations to illiquid private markets, an Invesco Global Sovereign Asset Management study said. The Invesco study ...

Future Fund proves resilience to market shocks

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022
... return of -0.6% for the first quarter of the financial year, while developed listed markets fell 5.2%. The sovereign wealth fund's assets under management (AUM) are now $193 billion, falling by $1.25 billion over the quarter. Future Fund chair Peter ...

Advisory group appoints head of investment strategy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2022
Providence Wealth Advisory Group recently welcomed a former sovereign wealth fund executive as its head of investment strategy. Marc Wait has joined the group in the role, based in Sydney. He was most recently head of treasury at the Emirates' Sovereign ...

Frontier promotes three

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2022
Frontier's latest round of promotions was good news for three staff waiting to be named either principal consultant or consultant. Harry Green has been elevated to the role of principal consultant. He joined Frontier in 2021 from LCP in the UK. ...

ESR, GIC start sustainable venture

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2022
Alongside Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC, property giant ESR has raised $540 million for a combined anchor close of EADP II, a develop-to-core logistics fund that will further expand ESR Australia's strategy of delivering premium, sustainable ...

GIC, Northwest buy $110m hospital

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2022
The Singapore sovereign wealth fund and NorthWest Healthcare Properties have purchased the Peninsula Private Hospital in Brisbane from Healthscope as part of a sale and leaseback deal. While Healthscope will continue to run the hospital, Northwest plans ...

NZ Super shifts $25bn to low carbon indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022
... think-tank Global SWF which found the fund, with an 11.79% return over the past six years, was the top performing sovereign wealth fund globally. Gilmore said the fund would be reporting on progress towards net zero annually under a framework for the ...

ESR, GIC launch third logistics partnership

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2022
The launch of EALP III further expands on ESR Australia's core plus logistics strategy with the sovereign wealth fund, with equity commitments of $600 million. EALP III is a follow-on of the pair's predecessor partnerships EALP I AND II, which have ...

Future Fund adds to ESG leadership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2022
... stewardship team. Karin Halliday will join the Future Fund as director, investment stewardship and ESG, the sovereign wealth fund has confirmed. Halliday will report to Kirsten Simpson, head of ESG and investment stewardship, the Future Fund has confirmed. ...

Future Fund assets drop to $194.4bn

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2022
... Fund assets slipped almost by 5% to $194.4 billion from its $203.6 billion December peak. The Australian sovereign wealth fund reported a 3.1% drop in its return for three months to June and a 1.2% decline from $196.8 billion over last year. During today's ...