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Transurban deal off Future Fund table

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
The $66 billion Future Fund has terminated discussions with two Canadian pension funds on buying Transurban. The Future Fund Board of Guardians released a statement yesterday, stating it has "terminated discussions with the Canada Pension Plan Investment ...

Lonsec research team expands

LONSEC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
... manager Darren Howlin in a similar role, while its senior investment analyst Bronwen Moncrieff resigned to join the Future Fund. As well as contributing to Lonsec's current research efforts, Howlin will be driving the strategic growth of Lonsec research ...

FUM breaks through $1.4 tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
... $190 billion, though it's down 5 per cent during the year and down 11 per cent during the quarter. Rainmaker said the Future Fund Management Agency is still going from strength to strength now being the second biggest manager overall, the biggest institutional ...

Abu Dhabi SWF opens it doors

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... 10 on the index, ranking it in the lower half of the index below Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, China's CIC and Australia's Future Fund.

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 ...

Alternatives by any other name

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... invested in bank deposits but other assets such as floating rate notes and credit. The Federal Government's $66 billion Future Fund defines alternative investments differently to Cerulli's findings. The fund defines alternative assets as any investment ...

Future Fund slashes cash for alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
The $66 billion Future Fund has halved its 30 per cent allocation to cash in three months - with alternative assets getting the biggest boost in allocation following the move. The Future Fund's allocation to cash in September stood at 31.6 per cent ...

AUI hires capital markets analyst

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
Australian Unity Investments has hired former Westfield Group global treasury manager, Osvaldo Acosta, to a new role of capital markets analyst. Acosta was responsible for managing funding, liquidity, interest rates and foreign exchange risk in Australia ...

Future Fund mulls Transurban investment

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
The Future Fund is considering an investment in toll-road operator Transurban and is in preliminary discussions with the Canadian pension funds that proposed to buy the infrastructure group in October. On October 27, the Canada Pension Plan Investment ...

Future Fund targets credit assets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
The Future Fund is eyeing credit investment opportunities in the US and locally to boost the returns of its debt portfolio. David Neal, chief investment officer at the Future Fund, said the fund is rotating its debt portfolio into opportunistic areas ...