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Future Fund chief to lead IFM Investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... now clearly reached a scale where we can attract the very best corporate leaders in the world." Future Fund chair Peter Costello said Neal had done a "terrific job", first as chief investment officer and then as chief executive. "He has been instrumental ...

Future Fund returns 14.3% for the year

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
... opposed to those supported merely by cheap money. Looking forward, a number of risks remain," Future Fund chair Peter Costello said in a statement. "Global debt levels and demographic pressures will shape economies and markets over the medium to long ...

Coronavirus in, climate change out: Costello, deVere

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
... threat to financial markets and the global economy, with former Howard Government Treasurer and Future Fund chair Peter Costello warning of the short-term risk of the rapidly spreading virus. "As of today, the big short-term risk would be the coronavirus," ...

Future Fund returns 1.9% for the quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... markets while recognising that accommodative monetary policy continues to support asset prices," Future Fund chair Peter Costello said in a statement. "Looking to the longer-term, the global economy remains challenged by factors including demographics ...

Future Fund returns 11.5%, crosses $160bn

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
Australia's sovereign wealth fund returned 11.5% in the year to June, with chair Peter Costello likening the returns to that of a "high growth" superannuation option but with much lower risk. The Future Fund now manages $162.6 billion, after adding ...

Future Fund crosses $150 billion

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2019
... the US Federal Reserve's decision to hold interest rates and easing US-China trade tensions," Future Fund chair Peter Costello said. "The Future Fund continues to make good progress on its objective to strengthen the Government's long-term financial ...

Chief economist update: Rosy assumptions a Budget surplus make

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2019
... promised surpluses but failed - all because events didn't live up to their assumptions. Or take the case of Peter Costello - the last time Australia enjoyed a Budget surplus (to the point that speculations back then was that Australia doesn't ...

Future Fund delivers 5.8%

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... to 31 December and even the top quarter performance for the cohort only hit 1.4%, according to Future Fund chair Peter Costello. "What that shows is a point we have been making for some time," Costello said in a media call this morning. The Future Fund's ...

Future Fund appoints to board

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
... asset management chief as it renews the board of the $149 billion sovereign wealth fund, including topping up chair Peter Costello's term. Former UBS global asset management chief executive and chair John Fraser is joining the Future Fund's board of ...

Future Fund delivers 9.3%, increases risk moderately

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
... says looks positive. Its 10-year return of 8.7% is higher than the benchmark target of 6.6%. Future Fund chair Peter Costello said during the year "we slightly increased the level of risk in the Future Fund, balancing its perspective on the more positive ...