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Alaska SWF tips $1bn into investments

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
Sovereign wealth fund (SWF) Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation (APFC) has poured over $1 billion into various global fund managers following an investment meeting in December. The SWF gave $250 million to Oaktree Capital Management and Audax Management ...

NZ Super returns 17pc

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... the financial year to date at the end of February this year - a $2.3 billion net gain. According to the sovereign wealth fund's February performance update, it has returned just over 6 per cent since inception and 188 basis points in February alone. ...

Abu Dhabi SWF opens it doors

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... overview, outlines its investment strategy and details its relationship with the government. In addition, the sovereign wealth fund (SWF) has also relaunched its website to provide extra information and better functionality. The SWF's role as co-chair ...

Future Fund behind Azerbaijan on transparency

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
The sovereign wealth fund transparency index has found that Australia's $66 billion Future Fund is slightly less transparent than SWFs of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), New Zealand and Azerbaijan. The SWF Institute has developed the Linaburg-Maduell ...

Future Fund to grow investments team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
The Future Fund Management Agency will have a bigger investment team than it initially planned - jumping from 29 to around 40 staff by next year - as the cash-heavy fund scours the markets for more investment opportunities. Speaking at the Investment ...

Agriculture wins pension fund mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
Australian superannuation funds are 18 months behind their UK counterparts which are increasingly awarding mandates to agriculture investments, said an industry expert. Charlie Blomfield, managing director of Carthona Agriculture, said increasing mandates ...

GIC pockets $1.8 billion from Citi sale

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC has sold half of its 9 per cent stake in Citigroup - a deal that plumped up GIC's coffers with a $1.8 billion (US$1.6 billion) profit. A press statement from GIC, which has over $100 billion in funds under management ...

Money flows lead to Africa

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
Global foreign direct investment flows have changed course in 2008 from developed countries to Africa - making West Africa the fastest growing receiver of FDIs with a 63 per cent increase into the region's coffers. According to a new investment trends ...

Temasek seeks more Asian exposure

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
... charter that would open its mandate book to more Asian and emerging markets fund managers. The Singaporean sovereign wealth fund has updated its charter as part of its 35th anniversary, which includes a renewed focus on Asia and other developing regions. ...

SWFs no longer at arm's length

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
Sovereign wealth funds will gradually switch from being passive investors to active shareholders, predicts Andrew Rozanov, head of Sovereign Advisory at State Street Global Markets. This year Rozanov co-authored a comprehensive State Street report looking ...