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

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... the past year had added $17.8 billion to the Future Fund, lifting its total value to a record $240.8 billion. Global equities comprise the largest proportion of the Future Fund's asset allocation, totalling $80 billion, primarily in developed markets. ...

NZ Super recognised for two decades of outperformance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... sovereign wealth funds. AP7 took the top spot for pension funds with 13.11%. "In part, that reflects how well global equities, which presently make up about 60% of the fund's assets, have performed during that time," NZ Super Fund chief executive Jo ...

JP Morgan AM hires from Vanguard

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
... asset manager has 135 ETFs across various asset classes, while in Australia, the firm has launched nine low-cost active equities and bond ETF strategies. This includes the JPMorgan Global Equity Premium Income Complex ETF, which aims to generate a consistent ...

Super moves: Cbus, ART

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
Funds SA deputy chief investment officer and director of equities has jumped to Cbus Super, the industry fund for building and construction workers. After seven years with the $46 billion investment corporation owned by the government of South Australia ...

AustralianSuper adds global equity manager

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
Australia's largest superannuation fund has hired a head of core equity for its international equities business. Alex Stanic will join in May and work in the $365 billion superannuation fund's London office. The appointment comes as a super ...

Clime awarded $183m mandate from US firm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
... expected to grow revenues by $350,000. Additionally, Clime has entered into a heads of agreement with Dallas-based US equities manager Acruence Capital to strengthen both entities' research capabilities and collaborate on opportunities in the US ...

Platinum mulls L1 Capital merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
... believe a merger is a compelling proposition for Platinum shareholders. "Platinum has been one of the pioneers of global equities investing since the 1990's, with a strong brand and diverse client base," they said. "We expect the combined business ...

Cbus chief investment officer resigns

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2025
... already strong investment foundations," Fok said. Gavin will oversee the launch of Cbus' active large-cap Core Australian equities strategy and continue to grow the fund's internal global markets strategies. "It's a tremendous honour to be appointed ...

MFS expands Australian offering with contrarian strategy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2025
... contrarian investing expertise and risk management with a unique mandate designed to complement and diversify global equities exposures within Australian portfolios." "At a time when global equity markets are being shaped by forces unprecedented in nature ...

TWC bolsters investment team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
... PGIM, Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse, has developed a genuinely different cashflow-based valuation style for building an equities portfolio, and this appointment will help strengthen its investment process. TWC said that with 25 years of experience ...