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NZ Super announces merger mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2016
... growth-oriented fund." "The NZ Super Fund, which was named by JP Morgan in 2015 as the world's best-performing sovereign wealth fund, is a world-class organization." The NZ Super Fund had about NZ$28.3 billion ($26.2 billion) in funds under management ...

International pension funds buy London City airport

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
... Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP), Borealis, AIMCo and Wren House, an infrastructure investment vehicle owned by the sovereign wealth fund of Kuwait, are understood to have struck a deal to buy London's smallest airport from private equity giant Global Infrastructure ...

Global market slide hits NZ Super Fund

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
... has released its performance report for January 2016, revealing a negative 3.57% return. The $28 billion sovereign wealth fund attributed this return to its weighting to growth assets - in particular its 65% allocation to international equities, which ...

Former QIC multi-asset head departs

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... focused on strategic investment advice with the Queensland government and relationships across the global sovereign wealth fund and public fund communities. QIC chief executive Damien Frawley said Ryder had made a significant contribution to QIC and ...

QIC purchases New York shopping centre

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
Giant Australian investment manager QIC has signaled further acquisitions in the US following its joint-venture purchase of Westchester's Ridge Hill retail shopping centre in New York. QIC announced the purchase of a 51% stake in the shopping centre ...

Future Fund puts in another strong year

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
... initial investment of $60.5 billion seeded by the government in 2006. In a portfolio update briefing, the sovereign wealth fund said it has been paring back its exposure to equity market risk over the last 12 months, falling from a total of 39.1% in ...

S&P launches long-term sustainability index

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
S&P Dow Jones Indices has launched the S&P Long-Term Value Creation (LTVC) Global Index, aimed at tracking companies with the potential to create "long-term value". Developed jointly with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, the LTVC index measures ...

Future Fund awarded sovereign investor of 2015

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
Australia's $118 billion sovereign wealth fund has been recognised for its restrained decision not to increase risk to chase returns in 2015, collecting sovereign investor of the year at the 2016 Central Banking Awards. Managing director of the Future ...

Venture capital is back in vogue

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
During a week where Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has put Australia's innovation in the spotlight and offered more incentives for angel investors, there is a feeling venture capital is back in vogue. Corporate lawyer and MinterEllison partner Riccardo ...

Global divesting institutions reach 500

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
... Some of the top institutions supporting the initiative are the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund (partial divestment), the University of Glasgow and the University of California. According to 350.org, 27% of institutions ...