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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
... Neal, chief investment officer at the Future Fund, said the fund has a small investment team compared to other sovereign wealth funds but will be looking to increase its internal resources as it looks for more assets in property and infrastructure. "We ...

Agriculture wins pension fund mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
... Blomfield, managing director of Carthona Agriculture, said increasing mandates and interest from pension and sovereign wealth funds into agriculture investments have been one of the key reasons behind the merger between Carthona and Rural Management ...

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
... surprisingly it is a phenomenon caused by the demise of access to easy financing. At the other end of the spectrum, sovereign wealth funds attained a record FDI high in 2008 - although they too faced challenges caused by falling export earnings in their ...

Temasek seeks more Asian exposure

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
... new 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 ...

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 ...

SWF Institute opens trading platform

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
The Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute has launched a confidential trading platform that allows some of the biggest institutional investors to trade assets. Wholly owned by the institute, the Imbourse platform provides capital introduction between buyers ...

China's SWF on hiring spree

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
The world's ninth largest sovereign wealth fund, the $240 billion China Investment Corporation, is embarking on a recruitment spree to boost its investment teams. A statement released yesterday on the CIC website noted that they were seeking "qualified ...

Norway SWF adopts ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
One of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds, Norway's Government Pension Fund - Global is putting more emphasis on responsible investing with tighter regulations on environmental, social and good corporate governance. The fund previously had two ...