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PM Gillard: super to support economic stability

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... international seas, super is an anchor," said Gillard, adding that she believes super is Australia's trillion dollar sovereign wealth fund with market benefits. To continue this growth, Gillard said the introduction of the 12% Superannuation Guarantee ...

Vanguard appoints senior portfolio manager, fixed income

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
... portfolio manager for an inflation-linked bond portfolio at GIC Asset Management, a subsidiary of Singapore's sovereign wealth fund. She also worked as a director of fixed income research at Barclays Capital, where she developed the firm's US inflation-linked ...

Future Fund posts higher returns, chairman warns of volatility

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... Murray has warned that the new global debt crisis could take 20 years to resolve. The world's 13th largest sovereign wealth fund posted a 12.4% return for the year to June, 2011 excluding Telstra. It was an increase of 1.8% over its ex-Telstra return ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... measures soon. And Hong Kong was hit by a sell-off in Bank of China and China Construction Bank after Singapore sovereign wealth fund Temasek said it was offloading some of its stakes in the lenders. In other markets, Singapore fell 0.48 per cent, Taipei ...

Super acting like a SWF: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
Superannuation in Australia is acting like a sovereign wealth fund and is on track to boost savings each year by three per cent of GDP. In a major speech last week on Compulsory Superannuation and National Saving, Treasury researchers David Gruen and ...

Winton Capital wins Future Fund mandate

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... appreciation of asset values. Winton's mandate was one of five new mandates given by the world's 13th largest sovereign wealth fund in the March quarter. It is not known how much the mandate was for. According to Rainmaker research, four mandates went ...

Future Fund dabbles in India

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... awarded a new mandate to US-based venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners. The world's 13th largest sovereign wealth fund with $74.6 billion worth of assets under management issued the mandate to Bessemer some time in the March quarter of this ...

Big mandates, big risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... management, said this could result in a loss of fees for those who manage their mandates. Last month Libya's sovereign wealth fund, Libyan Investment Authority (LIA), had much of its US$70 billion in assets frozen by the US, European Union and UK. According ...

Super mergers drive new trends in asset consulting

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
Rising M&A activity in superannuation is forcing asset consultants to lift their game or risk being edged out by their rivals - and the leading players are future-proofing their business through bigger investment teams and sharpened investment models. ...

KPMG investment consulting no direct threat

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
KPMG's launch of a specialised investment consulting offering will fill a significant gap in the market for direct investment advice to superannuation funds, said its head, James O'Leary. KPMG Investment Consulting officially launched this week after ...