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Gauging the Future Fund's MySuper potential

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2021
As calls for the Future Fund to become Australia's default superannuation manager are renewed, Rainmaker Information has run the numbers on what that might look like. Speculation over whether the sovereign wealth fund should be charged with managing ...

Bragg renews calls for Future Fund to manage super

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
Liberal senator Andrew Bragg has launched a short paper to push for the sovereign wealth fund to manage all superannuation unless a worker opts out. The 20-page widely spaced paper titled Competition for Workers' Superannuation characterises the current ...

Active funds quell passive flows

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
Active fund managers still have a stronghold of the funds management landscape over passive strategies, overseeing US$2 out of every US$3, a new report finds. Calastone's latest research found that in Australia, inflows to active funds surged in ...

First Sentier hires from AMP Capital

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
First Sentier Investors has named its investor relations director in its direct infrastructure team, hiring from AMP Capital. Celine Kabashima spent eight years at AMP Capital and was most recently senior investment specialist for infrastructure debt ...

Future Fund slashes fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
The Future Fund is paying less in fund management fees as it pivots toward more passive investment strategies. During the last financial year, the fund paid $224.7 million to external investment managers, nearly a quarter (23%) less than the total payout ...

FSC appoints four to board

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2020
The Financial Services Council has appointed four new board members, and announced the establishment of a fund management committee to drive strategic policy direction in the Australian funds management landscape. BlackRock Asset Management head of ...

New Future Fund chief executive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
The Future Fund, Australia's sovereign wealth fund, has appointed a new chief executive, promoting its chief investment officer to the role. Chair of the Future Fund Board of Guardians Peter Costello announced the appointment of Raphael Arndt as ...

Macquarie suit to lead Challenger joint venture

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
Challenger and an American fund manager have hired from Macquarie's Sydney offices, as they appoint an Australia head for their joint venture which is readying a credit fund. Ares Australia Management was set up in October last year as a joint venture ...

Listed fund manager plots expansion

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
A $7.2 billion asset manager is planning the takeover of a large New Zealand real estate fund manager, as it eyes a future as a leading funds management platform in the Australasian region. Centuria Capital Group has launched a $174 million takeover ...

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" ...