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The Future Fund is not a super fund: Costello

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
... Fund chair said that, far from being a super fund with specific obligations to specific members, it is a sovereign wealth fund whose fiduciary duty is solely to the government. "There are many people who think the Future Fund is some kind of super fund," ...

Nikko AM adds senior executives to global team

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
Nikko Asset Management has appointed three senior executives to lead the firm's consultant relations globally, sales in North Asia and client development in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. London-based John Howland-Jackson has joined as vice chairman ...

Vanguard appoints APAC senior economist

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... Asia-Pacific region. Prior to joining Vanguard, Wang worked on macro research and strategic development at a sovereign wealth fund based in Asia. Before that she worked an economist and head of Greater China research at JP Morgan. She holds a PhD from ...

How to understand emerging markets

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
The emerging markets investment landscape is best understood in terms of country blocs that perform similarly as the macro environment evolves, according to Investec Asset Management Global Strategist, Dr Michael Power. Power presented an analogy where ...

Get ready for activist members, super funds told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
... Springs, O'Connor said activism over environmental and social issues was becoming an increasing concern. "As a sovereign wealth fund, we get more than our share of attention from NGOs and active groups. Recently we had protestors in our office chaining ...

Former Macquarie exec resurfaces at BT

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
BT Investment Management has appointed long-term Macquarie executive Andrew Mouat as its new business development manager for institutional clients. Reporting to head of sales and marketing Chris Clayton, Mouat will be responsible for marketing and ...

Frantic pace of alternatives growth revealed

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
Towers Watson has described the growth of alternative assets as 'inexorable' following the release of its latest report on the sector. The Global Alternatives Survey, which was conducted in conjunction with the Financial Times, total global alternative ...

Sovereign wealth funds ramp up alternatives exposure

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
Sovereign wealth funds are increasingly investing new allocations to alternative asset classes, figures from the second annual Invesco Global Sovereign Asset Management Study show. The study was conducted amongst more than 50 individual sovereign investors ...

$US5b irregularities at China fund, banks

AFP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
Irregularities amounting to more than $US5 billion ($A5.41 billion) have been found at China's sovereign wealth fund and two large state-owned banks, according to the state auditor, offering a glimpse into the opaque management of government-controlled ...

Days of outstanding emerging markets returns numbered

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
The opportunity for outstanding returns from the world's developing economies may have shifted to frontier markets, according to the latest annual CREATE-Research report. Commissioned by Principal Global Investors, the report is produced from the results ...