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SASB appoints Australian advisor

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... Standards in Australia and elsewhere in the Asia Pacific region." So far this year, SASB has gained support from the Future Fund and Cbus, as well as international institutions such as Dai-ichi Life and Temasek. Australian companies currently disclosing ...

State Super appoints acting CIO

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
... allocation, investment risk and implementing VFMC client portfolios. His previous roles include head of private markets at Future Fund, head of investment strategy and private markets at UniSuper, general manager of portfolio strategy and risk at HESTA ...

VFMC hires State Super investments chief

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... fund's investment arrangements," a VFMC spokesperson said. His previous roles include head of private markets at Future Fund, head of investment strategy and private markets at UniSuper, general manager of portfolio strategy and risk at HESTA and ...

Future Fund asked to table detailed fee spend

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
At the budget estimates this morning, the Future Fund was asked to provide its fee spend by each asset class, instead of the total-portfolio figure it usually reports. The $163 billion sovereign wealth fund uses 'total portfolio approach' meaning ...

Future Fund posts modest growth

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
... September quarter to $163 billion, but is down 1.8% year on year due to the impact of COVID-19 in the March quarter. Future Fund chair Peter Costello said the fund exists to strengthen the Commonwealth's long-term financial position and noted since inception ...

Future Fund slashes fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
The Future Fund is paying less in fund management fees as it pivots toward more passive investment strategies. During the last financial year, the fund paid $224.7 million to external investment managers, nearly a quarter (23%) less than the total payout ...

UBS, Insight IM win Future Fund mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
... Management won significant mandates last financial year, helping manage the equities portfolio for the $161 billion Future Fund. According to the sovereign wealth fund's FY20 annual report, UBS won an Aussie equities, developed-market equities and ...

NZ Super Fund posts positive result

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
... digit returns, the NZ Super Fund managed to outperform the average returns of Australian MySuper products and the Future Fund. The $44.8 billion fund recorded a return of 1.73% for the year ending June 30 underperforming its benchmark reference portfolio ...

Aussie super funds climb ranks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
... biggest jump, rising 46 places to rank 140th on the back of a 40% rise in AUM. Other super funds to make the list were Future Fund (29), First State Super (61), QSuper (67), UniSuper (74), Sunsuper (94), Rest (108), Cbus (117), HESTA (118), Commonwealth ...

Future Fund risk aversion not at historic levels

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... economy and financial markets are momentous and we are positioned cautiously with risk levels just below neutral," Future Fund chief executive Raphael Arndt said yesterday, as it posted its first negative annual return since the GFC. Future Fund uses ...