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Russell Investments executes local leadership revamp

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023
... Sydney and London offices. Under Hampshire's direction, the firm engaged with a broad spectrum of clients, including sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, corporate superannuation, licensee groups, and financial advisers, while delivering a range of ...

Future Fund hires from ART

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2023
An Australian Retirement Trust infrastructure specialist has taken up a new role at Australia's sovereign wealth fund. Maria Guo joined ART as senior portfolio manager from Sunsuper, where she worked four years as an investment manager before its ...

Interest rates, liquidity top of mind for Future Fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023
... investment officer Alicia Gregory. Gregory told the CFA Societies Australia Investment Conference yesterday that how the sovereign wealth fund invests in every asset class is done through the lens of rising interest rates. "Since 2021, we've been ...

Keppel private fund expands into Australia

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2023
... (KEAF) has acquired two education assets in Sydney for $198 million. Backed by institutional investors, including a large sovereign wealth fund and pension funds, KEAF's investment objective is to make strategic investments in education-related assets ...

Ireland to create new sovereign wealth fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023
The Irish government will establish the Future Ireland Fund to help meet costs of the future, including those posed by its ageing population, and is targeting €100 billion by the mid-2030s. Announced as part of the country's 2024 budget package, finance ...

Private credit boom sweeps Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2023
... private credit strategies that directly lend to companies with an average EBITDA of US$190 million. Its clients include sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, foundations, endowments, and family offices. Visiting Australia in June, Blue Owl head of institutional ...

Peter Costello steps down from Future Fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2023
... term as the chair of the Future Fund. A formal, merit-based search is now underway for a new chair of the $250 billion sovereign wealth fund, with the government viewing future board vacancies as an opportunity to "refresh and renew" its leadership ranks. ...

Future Fund slapped with new disclosure rules

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023
... The Future Fund Board of Guardians will be forced to periodically disclose the investment holdings of the $250 billion sovereign wealth fund. Under the new reporting regime introduced by minister for finance Katy Gallagher, additional information must ...

Insto injects further $530m in Qualitas

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023
... Qualitas secured a second commitment of $700 million from a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA). The sovereign wealth fund now invests a total of $1.4 billion in the Qualitas Diversified Credit Investments (QDCI). In August 2022 ...

Singaporean wealth manager mandates Aussie boutique

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2023
... Wealth Fund (AWF). AWF chief investment officer Jesse Aarnio said SSCF provides an attractive return profile for the sovereign wealth fund's Australian equities basket and client base. "Investing in the Spatium Small Companies Fund fits with our view ...