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Future Fund alternatives head joins Hedge Fund Standards Board

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... board of the Hedge Fund Standards Board (HFSB). The HFSB said the appointment emphasises the important role of sovereign wealth funds in promoting better practices in the hedge fund industry, particularly in Asia Pacific. "We are thrilled to welcome ...

Alternatives sector shaped by regulation, customer demand

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... net worth individuals has been supplanted over time by large institutional investors, such as pension funds and sovereign wealth funds," he said. "Institutional investors typically have statutory or legal reporting requirements and so require greater ...

MSCI makes key hire to lead local ETF charge

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... service client investment process needs across a very broad number of client segments, including asset managers, sovereign wealth funds, superannuation funds, pension consultants, broker dealers and now retail channels. Theodore Niggli, the company's ...

Future Fund smashes its performance target in 2014

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
... investments and alternative assets. According to the Future Fund's latest portfolio update, the Australian de facto sovereign wealth fund earned 13.2% for the 12 months to end December compared to the 8.3% delivered by the SelectingSuper Workplace default ...

NZ Super and Infratil buy RetireAustralia

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2015
... Super has joined forces with Infratil to buy major Australian aged care facility operator RetireAustralia. The sovereign wealth fund and the asset manager will take 50% each after entering into a sale and purchase agreement worth $640.2 million. The ...

The Future Fund is not a super fund: Costello

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
... Future 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 ...

Nikko AM adds senior executives to global team

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
... over 40 years' experience in the financial industry, mainly in developing relationships with central banks and sovereign wealth funds. Ian Lewis has been appointed head of global consultant relations and will be based in Singapore. Lewis has more than ...

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
... classes, in that they tend to create a less volatile economic environment," he said. "As a result, smart money - sovereign wealth funds in particular - are seeking a more focused exposure to this region."

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 ...