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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 ...

Australian Ethical launches country's first ethical bond fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... corporate bonds that meet ethical screen, 18% in State Government bonds from Victoria, SA, NT and ACT and 5% in sovereign wealth bonds that meet ethical screen. The trust excludes bonds from NSW, QLD, WA and Tasmania because these States own or operate ...

Former Macquarie exec resurfaces at BT

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
... Clayton, Mouat will be responsible for marketing and servicing institutional clients including superannuation funds, sovereign wealth funds and insurance companies. Prior to taking a sabbatical in May last year, Mouat was at Macquarie Capital Securities ...

Frantic pace of alternatives growth revealed

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... (33%) of the Top 100 alternative managers' assets, followed by wealth managers (18%), insurance companies (9%), sovereign wealth funds (6%), banks (3%), funds of funds (3%) and endowments & foundations (3%). For the Top 100 managers, North America continues ...