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Instos dial up alternatives allocations

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... majority of institutional investors within pension funds, insurance companies, endowments and foundations, and sovereign wealth funds. The prospect of higher long-term returns (44%), risk management (43%) and the illiquidity premium (43%) are also driving ...

Sustainable ETF demand skyrockets

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... are supported by institutional investors with sustainable mandates, particularly Scandinavian public pension, sovereign wealth, and insurance funds," Morningstar wrote. This is thanks to countries like France making climate-related reporting for institutional ...

Future Fund risk aversion not at historic levels

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
The sovereign wealth fund yesterday warned about investing cautiously in a COVID world, but a look at its historic risk taking shows it has been more risk averse before. "Now, more than ever, we are conscious of our obligation to avoid 'excessive risk'. ...

Future Fund posts negative year, cashes up

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
The $161 billion sovereign wealth fund today reported a return of -0.9% for FY20 and increased its cash holdings by about $11.8 billion in the three months since March end. This is the Future Fund's second year of negative returns in its 15-year life ...

Australian Unity investments GM to depart

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... executive and investment committees. Previously, Barlow held executive positions at global investment firms and sovereign wealth funds such as the New Mexico State Investment Council and Hastings Funds Management. Esther Kerr-Smith, who was recently ...

Charter Hall, sovereign wealth fund partner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
Charter Hall has partnered with a $140 billion sovereign wealth fund to acquire a 49% stake in the $1.4 billion Ampol Property Trust. Charter Hall and Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC have together acquired almost half of the portfolio which ...

Former Aberdeen duo back with Sydney boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... figuratively and literally...For example Canadian, US [like CalSTRS or CalPERS], Dutch pension funds or GIC [Singapore sovereign wealth fund], if they have commercial real estate or infrastructure portfolio assets or prospects, where we can take instructions ...

Goldman chief faces backlash over DJ set

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... it had helped former prime minister Najib Razak steal over RM 2.67 billion (~$880 million) from the country's sovereign wealth fund 1MDB. By accepting the deal, the Malaysian government has agreed to drop charges against the bank and will cease civil ...

Vale Ian Perkins

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2020
... leaving BNP Paribas, Perkins was responsible for all of the firm's asset owner clients, including pension and sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies and central banks. In this role, he was delivered strategy, P&L, markets and product solutions ...

Future Fund appoints acting investment chief

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
The sovereign wealth fund has named an acting chief investment officer, after Raphael Arndt moved to the chief executive role following David Neal's departure to IFM Investors. Sue Brake will start in the role on July 1, as Future Fund starts a ...