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QIC answers global infrastructure demand

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
... operator of the Iona Gas Plant; the Powering Australian Renewables Fund which is a joint investment with AGL and the Future Fund; and the Port of Melbourne - assets secured since the fund's first close in August 2015. QIC chief executive Damien Frawley ...

Future Fund cautious on risk and return

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
Future Fund chairman Peter Costello is adamant the global investment environment remains risky and offers little return, weighing considerably on the $127 billion sovereign wealth fund's strategy. Announcing a 7.8% return for the 2016 calendar year ...

QIC closes renewable energy fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
The Powering Australian Renewables Fund, on behalf of the QIC Global Infrastructure Fund and the Future Fund, has reached financial close on the Silverton Wind Farm. QIC announced it had achieved the $450 million required to fund the development of ...

Hedge fund standards board expands APAC team

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... Asia-Pacific hedge funds. They will work alongside representatives from international institutional investors including the Future Fund, Albourne, CPPIB, GIC, and PAG. "We welcome Danny and George to our APAC committee and are thrilled by how the Asia-Pacific ...

Burgess to chair Yarra Capital

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
Former managing director and president of the Future Fund, Mark Burgess, will become independent chair of a GSAM spinoff following the completion of a management buyout. Slated for the end of December, the completion of the management buyout of GSAM's ...

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 ...

Tobacco and super funds must split

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... and VicSuper among the Australian 35 super funds supporting the Tobacco Free Portfolios objective, as well as the Future Fund; accounting for about $520 billion in funds under management, or more than 40% of the institutional investors in the super fund ...

Future Fund model for social housing

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
Australian states should each consider the establishment of a Social Housing Future Fund that would deliver returns of CPI plus 4.5%, and address the country's struggling public housing system. This is the thought of Infrastructure Partnerships Australia ...

Australia is the APAC hedge fund capital: Preqin

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
... fund of hedge funds manager (9%), wealth managers (also 9%) and family offices (5%). The top five investors are the Future Fund, Sunsuper, Victorian Funds Management Corporation, MLC and QIC.

Legg Mason, AB funds highly recommended

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
... was launched in 2014. The investment team behind the fund is supported by an advisory board which includes former Future Fund chief executive Mark Burgess and former ANZ chief economist and well-known industry commentator, Saul Eslake. Lonsec noted that ...