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The president is a Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... theirs to deal with. There are numerous autopsies done freely available on the web but I found Thomas Frank's piece in The Guardian particularly insightful. Here's the link. What's more important now is to discern where President Trump takes the USA ...

Future Fund surges to $123 billion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
The Future Fund has issued its 2016 annual report confirming that its investment performance is ahead of its long term target benchmark. The Future Fund, now valued at $123 billion, was established in 2006 as a fiscal fund to offset Australia's ballooning ...

NZ Super tackles climate change

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund is implementing a four-pronged climate change strategy across its entire NZ$30 billion investment portfolio. Representing a fundamental shift for the fund and the industry, NZ Super will reduce its carbon investment ...

Morgan Stanley chief executive steps down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... scratch," he said. Harker will stay with the firm in a part-time role as a non-executive vice-chairman and will continue as a guardian of the Government's sovereign wealth fund, the Future Fund. Morgan Stanley Australia boasts one of the country's largest ...

Industry heavyweights back listed venture fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... the IPO has the backing of financial industry heavyweights including Link Group chairman Michael Carapiet, Perpetual Guardian founder Andrew Barnes, Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes, AfterPay executive chairman Anthony Eisen, Ratesetter Australia ...

NZ Super Fund posts decent full-year return

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
The NZ Super Fund returned 1.89% (after costs, before NZ tax) in the year to 30 June 2016. Performance was hampered by negative returns in global equities but the investment committee was still able to add value versus the passive reference portfolio ...

QIC and Future Fund win Port of Melbourne lease

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2016
A QIC-led consortium has topped an IFM Investors-led group to secure ownership of one of Australia's largest infrastructure assets and acquire the 50-year lease at the Port of Melbourne. Known as the Lonsdale Consortium, QIC, in conjunction with the ...

Northern Trust wins two NZ Super mandates

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
Northern Trusts Asset Management has been handed two new factor investing mandates by The Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation. The mandates - each for NZ$300 million ($286 million) - will distribute funds Northern Trust already invests passively ...

NZSF gets top UN sustainability ratings

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
The United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment has given top marks to the NZ Super Fund. The sovereign wealth fund has received an A+ rating for responsible investment governance and strategy and either A or A+ ratings across all reported ...

AstuteWheel launches one-hour estate planning

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
Adviser platform AstuteWheel has launched its Astute Estate Planner service, which enables rapid implementation of the estate planning process. Specifically, the tool allows planners to "facilitate" the development of an estate plan - on which they ...