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Future Fund keeps powder dry

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016
... fund has upped its cash weighting to 22.9% and decreased Australian equities to just 6.5% of the portfolio. Developed markets account for 15.2%, emerging markets represent 7.3% of funds and private equity comes in at 9.8%. Property and infrastructure ...

Core holdings will be lacklustre in 2016: SSGA

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
... the recent below trend performance of balanced superannuation funds as a signal of what is to come in 2016. In developed markets Anderson expects overall equity returns to be mid-single digit with some differentiation between geographies. The US, he ...

Canadian pension funds keeping eyes on Aussie infra

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
... 2015 annual report that Australia and New Zealand continues to be a focus area in its real estate portfolio in developed markets. Developed Asia and Australia accounts for 9.8% of PSP's real estate portfolio. In terms of infrastructure, Australia makes ...

Nikko returns global equities to overweight stance

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
... chief global strategist and head of the GIC. "We forecast that global equities will continue to rise, especially developed markets outside of the United States, but we do not wish to be aggressively overweight." Nikko downgraded its global equities stance ...

Most global equities managers outperformed in 2015

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... Strategies that paid off were being overweight North America relative to the rest of the world and overweight developed markets relative to emerging markets. The most profitable sectors were the consumer, information technology, and healthcare sectors ...

iShares to launch global fixed income ETFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
... Corporate Index, which includes investment grade corporate fixed rate bonds issued by corporations in emerging and developed markets. The iShares Global High Yield Bond ETF will reflect the Markit iBoxx Global Developed Markets Liquid High Yield Capped ...

Future Fund issues return warning

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... just 6.4%, less than the 7.9% it holds in emerging markets. Almost a fifth of the fund (18.8%) is invested in developed markets outside of Australia. It also has 13.1% in alternatives and a cash weighting of more than 15%. Neal said: "We have seen significant ...

Cash is king at the Future Fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... $117.2 billion portfolio. At the same time, the sovereign fund has reduced its exposure to global equities in developed markets -which constituted the largest share in the portfolio last year- from 23.1% to 17.5%. Future Fund chief executive David Neal ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... moment," Pearce says about the asset class. "If you look at valuations, then yes, they are more compelling than in developed markets. But they are compelling for a reason, because companies have underperformed in an earnings basis over the last year." ...

NZ Super Fund heavy on growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... Portfolio include increasing the allocation to global equities from 70% to 75%.A Of this, 65% is targeted to developed markets and 10% to emerging markets. The Reference Portfolio's 5% allocation to global listed real estate investment trusts has been ...