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CFS joins firms in net zero alignment

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
... emissions by 2050. The initiative helps asset owners on the pathway to net zero by providing metrics and methodologies for sovereign bonds, listed equity and corporate fixed income and real estate. It will soon establish approaches for infrastructure ...

Future Fund hits $199 billion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
Future Fund's latest portfolio update shows the sovereign wealth fund is just shy of hitting $200 billion. "After the exceptional 22% return in 2020-21, the Future Fund continued to grow in the September 2021 quarter. Delivering a 10-year return of ...

U Ethical hires fixed income PM

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
... experience in quantitative analysis and funds management, specialising in Australian fixed income, global credit and global sovereign debt strategies. Prior to her five years at Omega Global Investors, Lin was a performance analyst at NAB, conducting ...

Industry slams Future Fund disclosure exemption

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
... commercially sensitive information. The Senate Committee report released this week on disclosure obligations for the sovereign wealth fund recommends it be exempt from disclosing asset prices so as not to undermine its ability to compete on the global ...

Future Fund hires people and culture chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021
The sovereign wealth fund appointed a chief people and culture officer following an extensive search. Kimberley Reid joined the executive team and reports to chief executive Raphael Arndt. She was first appointed interim chief people and culture officer ...

Federated Hermes releases strategy globally

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021
... globe after only being available to US clients. The strategy aims to deliver capital growth and income by investing in sovereign, corporate and quasi-sovereign securities in emerging markets and uses a top-down and bottom-up analysis to assess the global ...

AustralianSuper ups stake in WestConnex

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
... alongside Transurban, which owns 50% of STP and operates WestConnex on behalf of the owners, and global pension and sovereign wealth funds Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) and Tawreed Investments. ...

Gauging the Future Fund's MySuper potential

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2021
... manager are renewed, Rainmaker Information has run the numbers on what that might look like. Speculation over whether the sovereign wealth fund should be charged with managing Australians' retirement savings has mounted in recent weeks on the back of ...

New investment model for affordable housing proposed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... boost aggregator model, the counterpart to the investor is the government - so investors would essentially take on a sovereign risk, like that of sovereign debt. The investment is not exposed to rent returns or occupancy level risks, the risk is in the ...

Communicate risk, defensiveness differently: Panel

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... will be restrained soon. Taylor explained Cbus' exposure to defensive assets has traditionally mostly focussed on sovereign bonds. However, now the fund is taking a total portfolio approach to defensiveness. It is testing its portfolios against various ...