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Aviva Investors appoints Asia institutional sales head

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... most recent role, Clapham served as AXA Investment Managers' head of consultant relations and the head of sovereign wealth funds and central banks (Asia), insto sales. He will focus on building new partnerships and strengthening existing relationships ...

Super fund chair appointed to NSW Generations Fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
... government superannuation fund and a former RBA Governor are joining the advisory board of New South Wales' new sovereign wealth fund. The state has also appointed its first chief economist. State Super chair Nicholas Johnson is joining the NSW Generations ...

NZ Super Fund appoints CEO

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2018
... after a global search for its next leader. Matt Whineray has been appointed chief executive of New Zealand's sovereign wealth fund, beginning July 1. Most recently he was the acting chief executive and chief investment officer. A former First NZ ...

Priestley resigns from ASX, Future Fund boards

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
... being resolved." Priestley has also stepped down from the Board of Guardians at the Future Fund, Australia's sovereign wealth fund. His position on the ASX board came about when he stepped down from his J.P. Morgan chief executive role last year. ...

Future Fund reshuffles investment team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
... portfolio are in great shape and well positioned to continue to deliver outstanding results," Brakey said. The sovereign wealth fund was valued at $141bn as at 31 March 2018.

Responsible investment now mainstream

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
... review of the ESG practices of 51 super funds covering almost $1.3 trillion. Adding the Future Fund and NZ Super sovereign wealth funds lifts the market coverage of the report's sample to $1.4 trillion, equivalent to half Australia's FUM market. The ...

Australian asset owners support first stewardship code

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
... that asset owners have on good stewardship. It is open to all asset owners including super funds, endowments and sovereign wealth funds, not just ACSI members. ACSI highlighted stewardship codes exist in many global markets including the UK, US, Japan ...

Pension funds must recognise stewardship licence: WTW

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... is being spent globally on asset owner stewardship. An expert in the area says the world's largest pension and sovereign wealth funds must see corporate sustainability from the viewpoint that it's a long-term licence to operate. Willis Towers Watson ...

Norway dominates sovereign wealth funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
Norway's Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) remains the world's largest sovereign wealth fund, buoyed by an equities portfolio propelling most of its US$1.06 trillion assets under management. Preqin's latest sovereign wealth fund asset report shows ...

Future Fund continues progress yet challenges lay ahead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
Australia's sovereign wealth fund has continued to exceed benchmark return targets, with the fund now standing at $141 billion. Chair of the Future Fund Board of Guardians, Peter Costello, was pleased with performance of the fund, but mentioned that ...