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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 ...

Gonski to join APS board

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
Renowned businessman and new head of the Future Fund, David Gonski, will soon add Australian Philanthropic Services to his stable of board appointments. Chris Cuffe, founder and chairman of APS announced the appointment following a statement welcoming ...

SWFs to reach $30tr in 20 years

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
... account for 58% of all SWFs. They do not, however, include government sector pension funds, explaining why Australia's Future Fund, established to set aside monies to help pay future costs of public sector superannuation liabilities, is not always recognised ...

NSW universities face $4.3bn in super liabilities

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
The New South Wales auditor-general has cited a "critical need" for NSW universities to negotiate funding arrangements for superannuation liabilities with the Australian Government, after an audit of the state's 10 universities. The affected schemes ...

UniSuper bolsters listed infra exposure

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... acquired ConnectEast," Bone said. UniSuper picked up its additional stake at the time of the sale, along with the Future Fund, which also took advantage of the discounted price, increasing its holding to 6.78% with a $192.7 million investment. UniSuper ...

Future Fund returns 5.4pc for Q1

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
The Future Fund yesterday released its portfolio update for the quarter ending 31 March 2012, showing a return for the quarter at 5.4% and 2.2% for the financial year to date. The results show that since the first contribution to the Future Fund on ...