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QIC appoints independent investment chair

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
... appointed independent chairman of the QIC Global Infrastructure Investment Committee. Previously managing director of the Future Fund and New Zealand Superannuation Fund's first chief executive, Costello began his new role at QIC in late 2014. He and ...

Future Fund smashes its performance target in 2014

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
The Future Fund significantly outperformed super funds in 2014 thanks to its heavier weighting to US dollar investments and alternative assets. According to the Future Fund's latest portfolio update, the Australian de facto sovereign wealth fund earned ...

Future Fund equities head to depart

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
The Future Fund's head of equities is to leave the organisation to be replaced by an internal staffer on a temporary basis. Elspeth Lumsden joined the Future Fund in 2007 and led the team responsible for building the Fund's listed equity portfolio.A ...

Banks should hold more capital: Murray

AAP  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... exorbitant surcharges when paying for airline tickets and other items. Mr Murray, a former Commonwealth Bank boss and Future Fund chairman, was last year charged with undertaking the biggest health check of Australia's financial system since the 1997 ...

Alternatives industry body launches Australian branch

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association has launched a new chapter in Australia to be headed up by the Future Fund's head of debt and alternatives David George, it was announced today. The CAIA is a not-for-profit organisation specialising ...

Super funds out-growing local real estate

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... fast out-growing the domestic real estate market and the largest will soon join the likes of AustralianSuper and the Future Fund in acquiring large overseas assets directly, according to real estate investment manager TIAA Henderson Real Estate (TH Real ...

The Future Fund is not a super fund: Costello

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
The Future Fund is categorically not a superannuation fund, Peter Costello has reminded superannuation professionals at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia conference. The former treasurer and current Future Fund chair said that, far ...

In-housing creating consultant uncertainty

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... growth in funds under advice has slowed from a five year annual rate of 11.9% to 3.7%. Some institutions, like the Future Fund Management Agency and New Zealand Super Fund, have no on-going consultant relationship and instead do the research themselves. ...

Future Fund reaches $104bn, earns 14pct

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
The Future Fund has reported its 2013-14 results and confirmed that its assets pool has climbed to $104 billion and achieved earnings slightly ahead of the SelectingSuper performance index. Its funds under management (FUM) make it, in effect, Australia's ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... vehicle sales figures for September, while the Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment is due out. The Future Fund gives its six monthly update. In equities news, Whitehaven Coal and Rio Tinto are expected to post quarterly reports ...