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Plenary Group sells 49% stake to ADQ

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024
Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund ADQ has acquired a 49% stake in Plenary Group as it marks its first investment in an Australian company. ADQ will inject funds into the $32 billion public infrastructure investor, developer, and manager as the latter ...

Future Fund posts 10.1% annual return, surpassing benchmark

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024
... benchmark of 7.6%, as its total assets under management reached a record $223.4 billion. So far, this financial year, the sovereign wealth fund has posted an 8.3% return, with investment gains of $11.5 billion added in the March quarter. Future Fund ...

Future Fund deputy CIO jumps to Blue Owl

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2024
... the Future Fund has generated more interest in US firms vying for institutional business in Australia. Australia's sovereign wealth fund has confirmed the departure of deputy chief investment officer Alicia Gregory and announced that the head of ...

Mercer Super recruits growth lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024
... investor client management, he was tasked with developing relationships with pension funds, large asset managers, and sovereign wealth funds. Before that, he ran an Aussie dollar debt syndicate, building a franchise that achieved a top four league table ...

Jo Townsend named chief executive of NZ Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024
... momentum on key strategic initiatives. Global SWF has listed the Kiwi sovereign wealth fund as the best-performing sovereign investor globally over the last ten years.

Lombard Odier brings plastic circularity fund down under

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
... (LOIM) is bringing its Plastic Circularity Fund to Australia, following a first close last year with backing from the sovereign wealth fund of Monaco, among others. The LOIM Plastic Circularity Fund (Australia), a private equity offering, is being made ...

Fidelity launches global bond fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... investors a broad and diversified exposure to global bond markets. The fund invests mainly in investment-grade global sovereign and corporate bonds but also provides exposure to global high-yield bonds and emerging market bonds. It tracks the Bloomberg ...

QIC, super funds pour more into Queensland space tech

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... recently completed a Series D funding round, aimed at raising capital to support the manufacture, test and launch of sovereign-made rockets and satellites to orbit. It is intended to enable onshoring of manufacturing and recruitment and upskilling of ...

New chair for iExtend

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
... 2001. The Sentient Group manages capital for institutional investors such as endowments, family offices, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and insurance companies in the USA, Europe and the Middle East. In 2017, he retired from The Sentient Group ...

Super funds defend controversial weapons holdings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
... New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZSF), has been excluding investments in Elbit since 2012. The world's largest sovereign wealth fund, Norway's $2.4 trillion Government Pension Fund Global, has excluded Elbit since 2009 for reasons of "other ...
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