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American private debt fund eyes Australia

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... its co-founders Richard Levy and Brendan Carroll said on a recent visit to Sydney. Among its investors are the sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, insurers and the World Bank's International Finance Corporation. The firm primarily focuses on institutional ...

Aussie investment gurus delve into alternatives

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... investment professionals from superannuation funds, pension funds, investment consultants, family offices, insurers, sovereign wealth funds and financial advisory services.

Former Goldman Sachs exec charged over $62m bribery

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2019
... Goldman Sachs managing director Tim Leissner has been charged with bribery in relation to the high profile 1MDB sovereign wealth scandal. The US Securities and Exchange Commission has brought charges against Leissner for allegedly engaging in a corruption ...

US reaches $1bn settlement over 1MDB scam

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019
... Taek Jho, also known as Jho Low, and his family. Jho Low allegedly misappropriated funds from Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund, 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) and laundered that money through the US, Switzerland, Singapore and Luxembourg. The US ...

AMP Capital boosts Asia presence after record raise

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
... than in Australia," Keary said. He said investors in the fund are pension funds, insurance companies and some sovereign wealth funds. "That's the ultimate, from my perspective, managing money on behalf of a country is a very big responsibility," Keary ...

Future Fund returns 1.9% for the quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
Australia's sovereign wealth fund returned 1.9% in the three months to September, taking its ten-year return from 10.4% per annum at end of last quarter to 10%. The fund's assets under management grew by $3.1 billion in the quarter. Asset allocation ...

How much Future Fund spends in fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
Australia's sovereign wealth fund returned a stellar 11.5% in the year to June, but how much did it spend on fees? In its annual report published this week, the Future Fund reported it had a "direct ratio cost" of 0.203% and "look-through costs" ...

Future Fund chief most influential public investor

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2019
... investing, which also featured nine superannuation fund executives. Public Investor 100, compiled annually by the Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute (SWFI) ranks executives at world's largest sovereign funds, pensions, endowments, foundations and central ...

What Future Fund looks for in managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
... long-term partnerships with the Future Fund should pay attention to ESG, succession planning and treating the sovereign wealth fund well in times of capital abundance, a Future Fund executive said at a conference in Melbourne yesterday. Speaking to the ...

AustralianSuper hires from VFMC

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
... spokesperson said. Australia's largest superannuation fund recently signed an agreement with the Indian sovereign wealth fund to invest up to US $1 billion in infrastructure opportunities and is taking a shareholding in the fund manager.