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Consistent growth fuels Future Fund cyber fears

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
... This boosted it's the fund's Q2 performance to 3.3%, compared to just 0.8% in the previous quarter, chief executive David Neal said. "As interest rates around world rise towards more normal levels, we expect to see downward pressure on asset prices. ...

Future Fund cautious on risk and return

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
... starting to come to terms as to whether it will draw down and the rate it will draw down. Future Fund managing director David Neal said in the final quarter of 2016, the Future Fund deployed capital into its private equity program, primarily through ...

Future Fund ahead of target on tenth birthday

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
... 10-year performance number stands at 7.7%. In the fund's latest update, managing director and chief investment officer David Neal attributed this year's performance to the fund's investments in private markets including real estate and infrastructure. ...

Future Fund keeps powder dry

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016
... objective front of mind and are focussed on both growing and protecting our capital in the long-term." Managing director David Neal added: "During 2015 we gradually reduced the overall level of risk in the Future Fund portfolio and we have continued ...

Future Fund puts in another strong year

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
... December 2015. Cash rose to 20.5% of the portfolio at year end 2015, up from 12.8% at the end of 2014. Managing director David Neal said most markets are fully valued and therefore expected future returns are lower than they have been historically. This ...

Report highlights sea-change in asset owner operations

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
... model," BNP Paribas Securities Services head of Australia and New Zealand David Braga said. Future Fund managing director David Neal said for those who outsource asset management, principal-agent issues persist. The Future Fund has adopted "immersed ...

Future Fund awarded sovereign investor of 2015

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
... collecting sovereign investor of the year at the 2016 Central Banking Awards. Managing director of the Future Fund, David Neal, said fund had to make certain it was not brought in to financial crisis aftershocks. "While the global economy has continued ...

Future Fund's morphing objective

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... wealth fund continues to challenge the fund's leadership. Speaking in Perth yesterday, Future Fund managing director David Neal believes there is confusion around the fund's objective. "We probably haven't done a good enough job over the years making ...

Future Fund issues return warning

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... September quarter to bring the fund to $117.8 billion. However, Future Fund chair Peter Costello and managing director David Neal asked investors to temper their expectations for the period ahead. "We are pleased with how the portfolio has operated during ...

Cash is king at the Future Fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... markets -which constituted the largest share in the portfolio last year- from 23.1% to 17.5%. Future Fund chief executive David Neal said that during the year "we were very deliberately positioned to take advantage of the stimulus monetary policy in ...