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Future Fund posts 6pc loss

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
... exposures to debt markets to take advantage of higher returns," said David Murray, chair of the Future Fund Board of Guardians. Despite the overall losses, the fund remains staunch in its long term view on investments and will continue to focus on assessing ...

Obama: he's the man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... today, just as the fallen heroes who lie in Arlington whisper through the ages. We honour them not only because they are guardians of our liberty, but because they embody the spirit of service; a willingness to find meaning in something greater than ...

Future Fund posts 1.81pc first quarter loss

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... excluded from its performance data, generated a 3.23 per cent return for the quarter. David Murray, Future Fund Board of Guardians chair, said the fund is well positioned to weather the financial crisis. "The first quarter saw Australian and global equity ...

NZ Super suffers $568m loss

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
... the past year. This has partially reversed the gains made while investment markets were performing strongly," said the Guardians' chairman, David May. May laid the blame of the fund's losses on short term turbulence in global equity markets. "The negative ...

Future Fund is $652m richer

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
... allowed us to benefit from a substantial cash component in the portfolio," said David Murray AO, the chair of the Board of Guardians in a statement. The fund is due to provide a more detailed insight to its portfolio in the annual report due later this ...

NZ Super ends Fisher Funds ties

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
The Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation has officially ended their investment relationship with Fisher Funds Management Limited opting to take this aspect of the portfolio direct. NZ Super appointed Fisher Funds back in December 2003 to manage an ...

Tobacco shares up in smoke

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2007
... 0.29 per cent of the fund's portfolio, which has more than $13.1 billion in assets. Adrian Orr, chief executive of the Guardians, said the New Zealand Superannuation fund's preferred approach to responsible investment issues was to engage with the company ...

NZ Super Fund defends Myanmar investment

... non-government organisations (NGOs) for its shareholdings in Total S.A., a French oil company with operations in Myanmar. But the guardians of New Zealand superannuation chief executive officer, Adrian Orr, defended their estimated $18.4 million worth ...

Governments lag on CSR

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2007
... superannuation funds placed the greatest pressure on companies to standardise reporting on sustainability measures. "As the guardians of funds to provide for Australians' retirement, they are more concerned than ever that the companies in which their ...

FF enters market but quietly

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2007
... to begin placing its $42 billion in investible assets, but won't be letting on how it intends doing it. "The Board of Guardians of the Future Fund confirms that it has met its previously stated objective of commencing its investment program by end of ...