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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
... United Communications issues first half results. Heartware International Inc will hold its annual general meeting. Future Fund chairman David Murray will address the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia on "The Frameworks and Focus for the Future ...

SWF Institute opens trading platform

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... option for them to sell large scale assets. The Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute's membership includes the Australian Future Fund, China Investment Corporation, Kuwait Investment Authority and Singapore based Temasek Holdings.

Look past asset classes: Weaven

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
The time has come for institutional investors to look past asset classes and seek good value assets with robust revenue streams when implementing their post-GFC investment strategy, said Garry Weaven, chair of Industry Funds Management. Weaven, who ...

Alaska fund appoints $310 debt mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
... that capitalises on distressed debt opportunities. Oaktree also manages a debt securities mandate for the $58 billion Future Fund. Meanwhile, the Alaska Permanent board of trustees also transferred a $250 million mandate of existing debt-based absolute ...

Costello's Future Fund career over before it started

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
... Party Treasurer Peter Costello was about to be appointed by the Labor government to a leading position in running the Future Fund shows the fund is still poorly understood, three years after its launch. Rumours about Costello's possible appointment began ...

Fed's unfunded liabilities balloon to $80bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
... unfunded superannuation liabilities have jumped 75 per cent in less than a decade, putting pressure on the government's Future Fund strategy to contain the fiscal blow out. The figures, contained in the latest Mercer analysis from the Department of Finance ...

Future Fund seeks debt expert

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
The $58 billion Future Fund is looking to recruit a senior analyst specialising in debt and hedge funds. A recent statement on the Future Fund website notes that the fund is hunting for a senior analyst to focus on manager research in the debt and hedge ...

Future Fund hires more managers

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
Goldman Sachs, ING Clarion and Perennial are just three of seven new mandate beneficiaries of the $59 billion Future Fund. According to its latest quarterly update, the Future Fund has appointed new Aussie equities mandates with JF Capital Partners ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
... Development of Australia hosts "The Financial Services Crisis - Pathology and Prognosis" forum with speakers including Future Fund chairman David Murray. On Tuesday, The Australian share market closed higher but nowhere near the almost seven per cent ...

Investment mandates to factor climate change

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
... longer investment horizons. The survey, which received responses from 31 super funds including the government backed Future Fund, also found 85 per cent of respondents planning on boosting their climate change capabilities by adding extra staff and providing ...