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Future Fund achieves 12.2% in FY25, tops other instos

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2025
... 11.84% for the period. Despite the concentration risk in the US stock market, Future Fund chief investment officer Ben Samild said the foothold in the sector has been "well rewarded" and is "difficult to step away from". "I'm not sure we have a differentiated ...

Top Australian CIOs revealed

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025
... executive and investment chief at AustralianSuper; Ian Patrick, chief investment officer at Australian Retirement Trust; Ben Samild, chief investment officer at Future Fund; Sam Sicilia of Hostplus; and Sonya Sawtell-Rickson, investment lead at HESTA. ...

Future Fund bags a piece of Transgrid

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
... the deal. Neither party, however, has disclosed the financial terms of the deal. Future Fund chief investment officer Ben Samild said the investment in Transgrid aligns with the $240 billion sovereign wealth fund's risk and return objectives and will ...

Future Fund muscles past annual target return, lags in March quarter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... equities, and $25 billion in infrastructure and timberland, and $22 billion in credit. Future Fund chief investment officer Ben Samild said that over the past year, there were "particularly strong contributions to performance" from alternatives, credit ...

CSC sells down data centre holdings to Future Fund, Infratil

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
... and development pipeline. The Future Fund has held a stake in CDC since 2019. Future Fund chief investment officer Ben Samild said CDC plays a unique role in supporting the most important sectors critical to security, social, and economic wellbeing ...

Future Fund reaches value of $237.9bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2025
... with the new investment mandate," he said. Also commenting on the result was Future Fund, chief investment officer Ben Samild said it was driven by strength in the US economy. "Once again, fears at the start of the year of a US and global economic downturn ...

Future Fund restructures investment leadership

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
... team to meet the shifting dynamics of the current environment. The investment team, led by chief investment officer Ben Samild, will have five divisions going forward: portfolio design, real assets, investment capability and intelligence, portfolio risk ...

Future Fund, QIC finalise new deal

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024
... road and is in line with our strategy to seek more Australian dollar exposures," Future Fund chief investment officer Ben Samild said. "Infrastructure assets such as Eastlink provide reliable long-term returns and help to protect the portfolio from sustained ...

Future Fund posts 10.1% annual return, surpassing benchmark

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024
... setting as it pursues opportunities to deliver attractive risk-adjusted returns. Future Fund chief investment officer Ben Samild said conditions for risk assets continued to be favourable through the quarter, with growth and inflation stronger than had ...

Future Fund deputy CIO jumps to Blue Owl

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2024
... equity team, leading our asset class teams as deputy chief investment officer," said Future Fund's investment chief Ben Samild. Gregory's investment skills were also praised by her new boss James Clarke, global head of Blue Owl's institutional ...