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Offshore fund managers tap Northern Trust

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... they are getting good value, the best products," said Hester. Northern Trust, which provides custody service to the Future Fund, expanded its global fund service capabilities in October last year, offering asset managers a new investment accounting platform ...

Future Fund appoints GM

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
Outgoing Treasury Group chief executive Mark Burgess has been appointed general manager of the Future Fund, starting in late June. Burgess will remain in his current role until June 24, with former managing director David Cooper alongside him in an ...

Future Fund chair back for a year, two new board members

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
Future Fund chairman David Murray has signed on for a further 12 months at the sovereign wealth fund amid controversy over an alleged board split, it was announced yesterday. Treasurer Wayne Swan re-appointed Murray for a further year, saying in a press ...

Future Fund climbs sovereign league tables

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
Australia's Future Fund is now the 13th largest sovereign wealth fund in the world, moving up from 15th place according to new figures from alternative investment research firm Preqin. The report compares the world's sovereign wealth funds in US dollar ...

Infra asset demand buoy CFS GAM and RARE

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... billion mark, winning around $500 million of new money in the past nine months. The fund has secured mandates from the Future Fund, AvSuper, Canada's Corporate Pension Plan, Russell OpenWorld and van Eyk Blueprint. RARE has appointed Steve Williams to ...

Inflation fears raise appeal of alternative assets

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... causing institutional investors to step out and look around the market." Australia's own sovereign wealth fund, The Future Fund, has been investing in alternatives for the last few years, in line with the broad number of other sovereign funds have begun ...

Govt lays ground for Stronger Super

GOVT RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
Paul Costello, former Future Fund general manager, has been named the chair of the Stronger Super Peak Consultative Group, a panel made up of the 15 representatives of key stakeholders in the superannuation sector. The panel has been tasked with advising ...

Future Fund returns 7.5pc

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
The Future Fund has posted a 7.5 per cent return in the year to December, with the performance attributed to more investments towards equities and alternatives, and continuing reduction in its debt and cash holdings. According to the fund's December ...

FUM hits $1.37tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
... First State Global Asset Management with $97 billion, but this is only 9 per cent more than the number two ranked Future Fund Management Agency with $89 billion.

VIP hedge funds open doors

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
... exposure to 12 hedge funds, at least three of which - Brevan Howard, Bridgewater, BlueCrest - have won mandates from the Future Fund. The list of managers includes some of the most secretive and exclusive hedge funds in the US, funds that were in many ...