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Future Fund refreshes investment team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023
The Future Fund is refreshing its team structure, appointing two deputy chief investment officers. The addition of the new roles follows the appointment of Ben Samild as chief investment officer in August. Hugh Murray is one of the new deputy chief ...

Ireland to create new sovereign wealth fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023
... Announced as part of the country's 2024 budget package, finance minister Michael McGrath said laws will be introduced to mandate the government annually invest 0.8% of GDP into the new fund between 2024 and 2035. In 2024, this will be €4.3 billion. ...

Future Super switches up service providers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2023
... Citi client when it acquired RBC Investor Services Australia in 2020. Three years on, it has instead opted to award the mandate to BNP Paribas, effective November 1. While Future Super confirmed the mandate changes, it declined to provide any further ...

Consultation paper released on aligning super payments with wages

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2023
The government has released a consultation paper today, inviting stakeholders to provide feedback on a proposed framework to synchronise superannuation payments with wages. The Securing Australians' Superannuation consultation paper also seeks feedback ...

Peter Costello steps down from Future Fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2023
... decade. In 2006, as treasurer, Costello was pivotal in founding the Future Fund and defining its inaugural investment mandate, highlighted Chalmers and Gallagher. From the outset, Costello underscored the imperative of the fund in ensuring Australia's ...

FIIG Securities picks Equity Trustees for new fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023
... has selected Equity Trustees to be the trustee of its newly launched Australian bond fund. Equity Trustees has won the mandate to serve as trustee of the FIIG Australian Bond Fund which provides investors with capital stability and income through a portfolio ...

Insto injects further $530m in Qualitas

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023
... activated in whole or in part. As previously flagged, Qualitas co-invests up to $30 million over the life of the $1 billion mandate. Another unnamed insto committed $750 million into the Qualitas Construction Debt Fund II in August. In the same month ...

New fund targets 'blue chips of tomorrow'

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023
Datt Capital is targeting self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) investors with the launch of a new small caps fund. Investing in the 'blue chips of tomorrow', the Australian Small Companies Fund has been developed after the manager identified attractive ...

Praemium secures Mercer mandate

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2023
Praemium has entered into a new administration services agreement with Mercer, providing its Virtual Managed Account (VMA) solution and administration services (VMAAS) to the investment giant. As part of the agreement, Mercer will receive end-to-end ...

BNP Paribas wins UniSuper mandate

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023
... institutions to post collateral to back up their non-cleared OTC derivatives trades in order to mitigate counterparty risk. The mandate compliments the existing relationship between UniSuper and BNP Paribas, which became the super fund's master custodian ...