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NZ Super in the red

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund posted a negative return over the six-month period to December last year, citing continued global equity market volatility. The fund's full year net return on investments to June 2007 was 14.5 per cent before tax ...

Future Fund appoints property expert

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
The Federal Government's Future Fund has appointed Barry Brakey, co-founder of Pinnacle Property, to investment director of private markets specialising in property. Brakey has extensive experience in superannuation investment into property capital ...

NZ Super Fund defends Myanmar investment

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has come under fire from local 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 ...

NZ managed funds hit A$56 billion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2007
... March 2007 helped by the NZ Stock Market that returned only 11 per cent. The figures do not include the A$12 billion NZ Super Fund. Despite the momentum of the NZ market, they are still dwarfed by Australia's funds under management that jumped an estimated ...

NZ Super appoints COO

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2007
Mark Fennell, currently company secretary of The Warehouse Group, will become the chief operating officer of the Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation from 16 July. The Warehouse Group is a large New Zealand based discount store operator, with over ...

NZ Super dives into IT securities lending

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZ Super) has appointed securities lending specialist eSecLending to manage its securities lending programme. NZ Super has set up a securities lending programme in a bit to boost revenues, by lending its securities ...

NZ Super responds to SRI attack by Greens Party

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2007
... holdings in its portfolio which are selected by external managers." The attack by the NZ Greens comes only two months after NZ Super appointed Anne-Maree O'Connor as head of responsible investment and less than a month after the ACT Greens in Australia ...

Future Fund chair talks about T3 and politics

... one path and that is the proper management of those savings and, in my view, merit should override politics." Former NZ Super Fund chief, Paul Costello, who will be taking on his new role as general manager next month is aware of the unusual position ...

NZ securities reforms pass legislature

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2006
... investments market is around A$62 billion, including $A54 billion from regular managed investments and $A9 billion from the NZ Super Fund. Putting this perspective however, while Australia's population is five times larger our managed investments market ...

From NZ Super to the Future Fund - Costello's next step

... Fund's outgoing chief executive, Paul Costello, stressed that it is early days yet to talk about his new role but if NZ Super's performance track record is anything to go by the Future Fund is in good hands. "They're very similar. [In 2003] NZ Super ...