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Benchmarks allow funds to abdicate responsibility: Future Fund

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012
... liable to lead funds to perverse decisions on asset allocation rather than an appropriate assessment of risk, the Future Fund's chief investment officer has warned a superannuation gathering. In times of extreme market volatility, the tendency to lower ...

Gonski appointed new chair of Future Fund

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... David Gonski will resign as chair of the ASX Group to replace former CBA boss David Murray as the new chair of the Future Fund, in charge of nearly $90bn in assets. The government has also appointed Morgan Stanley Australia head, Steven Harker, to the ...

Southeastern targets instos with Australian expansion

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
... attracted local institutional mandates worth A$1.4bn, including a developed market equity mandate from the sovereign Future Fund. "Southeastern focuses on developing relationships with like-minded investors who share our long-term horizon and partnership ...

Australia doesn't need a SWF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
A new report by the Centre for Independent Studies says the Future Fund, Australia's de facto sovereign wealth fund, far from being a fiscally responsible way to rebalance intergenerational equity, is economically flawed. The reasoning behind the fund ...

Managed funds have a place in SMSFs: Select

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
... SMSF portfolios carry too much equity risk he said, with a heavy skew to Australian equities. While the Australian future fund carries just 10% of its portfolio in Australian equities, the allocation of the average SMSF is around 36%, McCormick said. ...

Paul Costello appointed to AIA Australia board

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
The former chair of the Stronger Super Peak Consultative Group and the inaugural general manager of the Future Fund has been appointed to the board of AIA Australia. As non-executive director, Paul Costello will provide the life insurance firm with ...

Australia's retirement system the most sustainable in the world

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... characteristics of Australia's superannuation reforms over the last couple of decades and, along with initiatives such as the Future Fund, are key reasons why Australia's retirement savings system ranks number one in the world in terms of sustainabil ...

Blackstone appoints Future Fund's Costello

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011
The former general manager of Australia's Future Fund has been appointed as non-executive chairman for the Blackstone Group for Australia and New Zealand. Paul Costello will help guide the investment and advisory firm's development in the region, while ...

Finsia award nominees announced

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... they include Dr Ishaq Batti, La Trobe University, Paul Clitheroe AM, IPAC Securities, Tony Day, Scarce Capital (ex Future Fund), Professor Michael Drew, Professor Stephen Gray, Queensland Investment Corporation and Griffith University, Richard Keary ...

Super funds push for better hedge fund governance

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... operational standards of locally-owned hedge funds. Meanwhile, David George, director of debt and alternatives at the Future Fund, endorsed the principles and said they would go a long way in fostering a better relationship between the providers of capital ...