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Sovereign wealth funds up alternatives exposure in 2012

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2013
Global sovereign wealth funds have significantly increased their allocations to alternative assets such as real estate, private equity and hedge funds, according to a recent Invesco survey. The fund manager's annual Global Sovereign Asset Management ...

ACSI appoints Future Fund exec as new chief

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2013
... October. Hagart is currently head of environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk management at the $100 billion sovereign wealth fund and previously played a key role in creating the UN Principles of Responsible Investment. He began his career as ...

Future Fund legally bound to protect docs in AustralianSuper feud

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... and AIX. According to the Future Fund there is an assumption from AustralianSuper that the $85 billion dollar sovereign wealth fund should handover the documents that have been requested, however if this happens it risks breaching a confidentiality A ...

Future Fund accused of withholding docs in airport spat

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... the ante in its dispute over the Future Fund's purchase of a stake in Perth airport, accusing the $80 billion sovereign wealth fund of withholding crucial documents. AustralianSuper said it had requested documentation from the Future Fund in relation ...

Future Fund denies wrongdoing in Perth Airport deal

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... Development group. In February the $60 billion AustralianSuper threatened legal action against the $85 billion sovereign wealth fund. The Future Fund is alleged to have breached a shareholders' agreement in its $2 billion purchase of a stake in Perth ...

Sovereign wealth funds climb to US$5.5tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
Sovereign wealth funds have reached an aggregate US$5.5 trillion at June 2013, up 9.1% over the past 12 months, according to the SWF Institute. The SWF Institute also reported that SWF assets are up 44% since the global financial crisis (GFC) and that ...

Macquarie Group tops global alternative investment table

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... of the Top 100 alternative managers' assets. Wealth managers followed with 19%, then insurance companies (9%), sovereign wealth funds (6%), banks (5%), funds of funds (3%) and endowments & foundations (2%). Dougherty added: "The on-going economic uncertainty ...

FFMA is on track to break $100bn barrier

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
... pecentage points to the cost structure of a typical super fund. Reflecting the Future Fund operating as a de facto sovereign wealth fund, combined with imputation credits being no use to it, only 12% of its funds under management (FUM) is invested into ...

Asset diversification gathers momentum

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... according to global data from Towers Watson. The data shows that in 2012 its clients - which include pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and insurance companies - allocated 70% more assets to hedge fund and private market strategies than in 2010, reaching ...

KiwiSaver up 36% to A$12.2bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
... considered as a mild supplement to the retirement savings needs of New Zealanders. Combined with NZ's A$15.8 billion sovereign wealth fund New Zealand Super Fund and other super assets, NZ's entire superannuation system is estimated to hold only A$56 ...