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Cash is king at the Future Fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... inception in 2006, above its benchmark target return of 7.1% per annum. Total funds under management by the board of Guardians are $128.5 billion, a figure that includes the assets of the Future Fund, Nation-building Funds and DisabilityCare Australia ...

Future Fund appoints board members

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
Carolyn Kay and Jane Wilson have been appointed to the Future Fund Board of Guardians. Kay was most recently a director at Commonwealth Bank, and has previously held roles at Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan and Linklaters & Paines. Wilson is currently a ...

Costello named Future Fund chair

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
Former Treasurer Peter Costello has been appointed permanent chairman of the Future Fund Board of Guardians. Costello, who has been a member of the Future Fund Board since 2009, has been the acting chairman since the departure of David Gonski last month. ...

Future Fund MD Burgess to step down

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... role for the time being to facilitate a smooth transition to the new leadership of the Agency. Future Fund Board of Guardians chairman David Gonski thanked him for his role in guiding the Agency and the support he provided to the board during his time ...

Gonski urges Australia to look long-term

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... focus on and promote long-term success for investors, according to David Gonski. The chair of the Future Fund board of guardians said the investment community, and Australian business more generally, suffers from shortsightedness. "Australia suffers ...

Future Fund to buy airport assets

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
... has been picked up by the Future Fund under a new agreement. In a statement released today the Future Fund's board of guardians said it had agreed to buy all the assets in the Australian Infrastructure Fund's (AIX) portfolio. Worth $2 billion, the deal ...

Future Fund 'under-resourced' on climate risks

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... for government and regulators", but most of all for citizens and taxpayers who are entitled to know what the board of guardians are actually doing," he concluded. The AODP issued disclosure requests to the world's largest 1,000 asset owners in August ...

Future Fund to acquire AIF assets

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
... - includes the requirement for a period of confirmatory due diligence and final approval by the Future Fund Board of Guardians. Any transaction would require the support of the Board of Directors of Australian Infrastructure Fund Limited and the sub-committee ...

Future Fund appoints GM

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... necessary leadership skills and investment and administrative experience," said David Murray, chair of the board of guardians. Before joining the Treasury Group, Burgess was vice chairman and CEO, Europe and Middle East at Credit Suisse Asset Management ...

Future Fund offloads Telstra shares

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... in the telecom giant down from 10.9 to 10 per cent. At a senate estimates hearing yesterday, the Future Fund Board of Guardians said it had sold the shares on-market as part of its objective of rebalancing the portfolio by reducing its Telstra holdings ...