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Future Fund to grow investments team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
The Future Fund Management Agency will have a bigger investment team than it initially planned - jumping from 29 to around 40 staff by next year - as the cash-heavy fund scours the markets for more investment opportunities. Speaking at the Investment ...

Costello lands MD role at advisory firm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
Future Fund board member and former Treasurer, Peter Costello, has been appointed managing director of independent financial and corporate advisory services firm, BKK Partners. Alastair Walton, chair at BKK Partners, said he has known Costello for more ...

Costello joins Future Fund board

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
Former Treasurer Peter Costello has been appointed to the $64 billion Future Fund's Board of Guardians. Costello is expected to take up his post on 18 December, after officially quitting politics last month. He served as Treasurer from 1996 to 2007 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
... Also, the Australian Office of Financial Management will conduct a tender of short-dated Treasury notes. Meanwhile, Future Fund Board of Guardians chairman David Murray addresses the Australian Institute of Company Directors in Sydney. In company news ...

Future Fund trumps market, but only just

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
The $64 billion Future Fund returned 5.6 per cent (ex-Telstra) in the latest quarter, marginally more than what was delivered by asset sector benchmarks. A June quarter versus September quarter analysis of the numbers shed some light on how the fund's ...

Future Fund guardian joins Coffey International

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
The former chief executive of Suncorp-Metway and guardian of the Future Fund Management Agency, John Mulcahy, has been appointed non-executive director at global consulting firm, Coffey International. Mulcahy starts work immediately at the ASX listed ...

Lucky country

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2009
... of the world's largest funds. In addition, eight of the top 20 global pension funds are based in our region." The Future Fund, State Super, AustralianSuper, QSuper, UniSuper, ARIA and ESS Super were among the top Australian funds to make the Global 300 ...

Future Fund books 4.2pc loss

FUTURE FUND UPDATE  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
The Future Fund rode the latest quarter market recovery when it gained 5.1 per cent in the three months to June, but posted a 4.2 per cent loss for the financial year (ex Telstra). The fund's Telstra shares of around two billion gained 4.9 per cent ...

Ipac funnels $50m into alts

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
... including corporate debt, appears to be the flavour of the year as large institutional investors such as the $58 billion Future Fund increase investments in the sector. Ipac's $50 million allocation was funded from money that would have been channelled ...

Future Fund offloads Telstra shares

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
The $58 billion Future Fund has sold 684.4 million Telstra shares or 34 per cent of its Telstra holdings to institutional investors. The Future Fund sold the shares at a price of $3.47 (gross proceeds $2.37 billion) through an underwritten sale to the ...