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15 Aus super funds in Top 300

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... places up the list of the 300 biggest pension funds globally, the biggest improvement recorded by the survey. The Future Fund moved up two places from the 2010 ranking to 33, while the other Australian funds in the Top 300 are AustralianSuper (68), QSuper ...

Future Fund to acquire AIF assets

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
The Future Fund has entered into an agreement to acquire all of the Australian Infrastructure Fund's (AIX) portfolio assets for $2 billion - 10% up to the AIX Directors' published asset valuations at 30 June 2012. Due to their strong correlation with ...

ACT prohibits guns & smokes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... superannuation liabilities of ACT public servants. The fund is one of the forerunners that set the template for the Future Fund. ACTSPA has only about $40 million or 1.8% of their portfolio is invested into tobacco and arms companies. ACT Treasurer and ...

Future Fund defends tax havens

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
The Future Fund has defended its investments in subsidiaries based in known tax-havens during a senate inquiry yesterday. The fund's 2011 annual report shows that it has 14.4% of its assets in the Cayman Islands, plus significant investments in the ...

Super funds urged to include macro-level ESG principles

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... been highlighted recently, with the Australian Greens party putting a bill before parliament that would force the Future Fund to pull out of socially questionable investments. Greens senators Richard di Natale and Scott Ludlam introduced the bill, which ...

Alternatives beyond reach for in-house

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
... against the commodities slowdown, Urbani said funds just didn't have the internal resources. With the exception of the Future Fund, Australian pension funds are behind the curve when it comes to allocation to alternative investments, with only 13% versus ...

AIMA helping super funds plan HF moves

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... most interested in alternatives tend to be larger ones with their own internal investment teams, Ivey said, with the Future Fund clearly leading the way in alternatives with a 30% allocation to the class and just 11% in Australian equities. Speaking ...

LUCRF expands in-house investment team

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... Graham joins the fund from Clear Creek Property Group where he was a director, and prior to that he held roles with the Future Fund, Pinnacle Property Group and m3property. Grioli was most recently at FuturePlus Financial Services where he was a senior ...

KiwiSaver 5 years going strong

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... nation's 3 million workforce. The fund, not to be confused with the New Zealand Superannuation Fund - akin to Australia's Future Fund - began in 2007 as New Zealand's version of a co-contribution superannuation scheme. Due to constitutional problems ...

SMSFs need better access to alternatives: BlueSky

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... broad 'alternatives' bucket, which contrasts with the strong-performing Harvard Endowment Fund, which has 42% and the Future Fund with 30%. "Over the same time period, Australian super has returned 5.2% per annum, compared with Harvard at 12.9%. The ...