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Future Fund investment mandate revised

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
From 1 July the Future Fund will have an investment mandate that targets a return of CPI plus four to five per cent. Overnight the Federal Government registered a revised investment mandate for the Future Fund, better reflecting global investment market ...

Trustee Partners crosses the ditch

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
... provides the firm with access to the New Zealand trustee market. Under the deal, Trustee Partners now owns Perpetual Guardian, Guardian Trust, Covenant Trustee Services and New Zealand Trustee Services. "We're attracted to New Zealand because of favourable ...

Mercer wins $250m NZ mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
... restructure of the fund's governance structure after council officers recommended a full outsourced model, overseen by a guardian entity, in August last year. Under the new model, PIF manager Taranaki Investment Management Limited (TIML) would become ...

NSW government pins fintech job hopes to H2 Ventures

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
... Morrison and has the backing of financial industry heavyweights including Link Group chairman Michael Carapiet, Perpetual Guardian founder Andrew Barnes, Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes, AfterPay executive chairman Anthony Eisen, Ratesetter ...

FSC speaks out against elder financial abuse

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 JAN 2017
The Financial Services Council affirmed its support of the Australian Law Reform Commission's proposed amendments to help combat elder abuse. The FSC commended the commission's development of a national plan to address elder abuse, particularly a reform ...

The president is a Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... theirs to deal with. There are numerous autopsies done freely available on the web but I found Thomas Frank's piece in The Guardian particularly insightful. Here's the link. What's more important now is to discern where President Trump takes the USA ...

Future Fund surges to $123 billion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
The Future Fund has issued its 2016 annual report confirming that its investment performance is ahead of its long term target benchmark. The Future Fund, now valued at $123 billion, was established in 2006 as a fiscal fund to offset Australia's ballooning ...

NZ Super tackles climate change

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund is implementing a four-pronged climate change strategy across its entire NZ$30 billion investment portfolio. Representing a fundamental shift for the fund and the industry, NZ Super will reduce its carbon investment ...

Morgan Stanley chief executive steps down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... scratch," he said. Harker will stay with the firm in a part-time role as a non-executive vice-chairman and will continue as a guardian of the Government's sovereign wealth fund, the Future Fund. Morgan Stanley Australia boasts one of the country's largest ...

Industry heavyweights back listed venture fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... the IPO has the backing of financial industry heavyweights including Link Group chairman Michael Carapiet, Perpetual Guardian founder Andrew Barnes, Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes, AfterPay executive chairman Anthony Eisen, Ratesetter Australia ...