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Future Fund investment specialist joins NZ Super

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2018
The former chief investment strategist of the Future Fund has joined New Zealand's sovereign wealth fund as its chief investment officer. Stephen Gilmore joins the $37 billion New Zealand Super Fund in the top investment role. He will lead a team ...

WAM names prospective Blue Sky LIC team

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... committee. He has previously worked as a strategic advisor in alternative assets, private equity and private debt for sovereign wealth funds including Future Fund and NZ Super. Under the proposal, Siew and Wilson would also be appointed to the board. ...

Mercer creates portfolio management lead role

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
... recently worked as a senior investment manager at the Irish Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF), Ireland's sovereign wealth fund. He previously held portfolio management roles at Pioneer Investments, which is part of European asset manager Amundi, as ...

Dexus partners with sovereign wealth fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... billion wholesale fund that will invest in Australian logistics properties as a joint venture with an Asian sovereign wealth fund. Singapore's GIC is initially taking a stake of about $417 million in the Dexus Australian Logistics Trust. Dexus is ...

Blue Sky names new chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... with clients including 73 of the largest US pension plans, 38 primary US state retirement plans and more than 15 sovereign wealth funds. Blue Sky's share price has now fallen about 90% since March, with Kain acknowledging the firm's reputation has suffered ...

Vale Paul Costello

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
... investment." Watson, a founding Future Fund Guardian, became acquainted with Costello at Australia's sovereign wealth fund. "He was an outstanding manager of people, and also had an exceptional understanding of investment, together with a generous ...

Aussie funds among the world's largest asset owners

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
... the biggest asset owners, taking up 61% of the total assets held by the names on the list. This was followed by sovereign wealth funds with 32% and outsourced CIOs and master trusts with 7%. Last week, another WTW study showed that Macquarie Group slipped ...

Future Fund appoints to board

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
... Fund has appointed a former UBS global asset management chief as it renews the board of the $149 billion sovereign wealth fund, including topping up chair Peter Costello's term. Former UBS global asset management chief executive and chair John Fraser ...

Future Fund boosts alternatives assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
... new fund managers in a bid to combat the tailwinds coming from the global equities market. Australia's sovereign wealth fund increased its allocation in private equity to 14.1% (FY17: 12%) and alternatives to 15.3% (FY17: 14.8%) over the course of ...

Legal woes continue for super fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... Justice Australia principal lawyer David Barnden said: "Like superannuation funds in Australia, pension funds and sovereign wealth funds across the world must act with care, skill and diligence. They also must act in the best interest of beneficiaries." ...