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Costello to leave Future Fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... yesterday. Costello joined the Future Fund after having served as the inaugural chief executive of the New Zealand Superannuation Fund. Prior to that, he was the chef executive of the Superannuation Trust of Australia. On his watch, the Future Fund has ...

Govt to ramp up FinLit in national school curriculum

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
... website to be developed by ASIC as part of the government's National Financial Literacy Strategy to be modeled on New Zealand's www.sorted.org.nz.

NZ Super pips Aus through intl equities

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund beats the average return of an Australian super fund by 50 per cent, buoyed by a portfolio that is heavily biased towards international equities. NZ Super recently released results showing the $12.8 billion fund had ...

Challenger wins $200m from AustralianSuper

AUSTRALIANSUPER RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
... Challenger Financial Services Group, which invests in a combination of property and private equity debt in Australia and New Zealand. Challenger will co-invest alongside AustralianSuper in all deals under the agreement. This investment will form part ...

Allegro unveils second PE fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... per cent per annum, through volatile economic conditions. Allegro Fund II will invest in companies in Australia and New Zealand with an enterprise value of up to $100 million. It will target both turnaround businesses requiring capital to restructure ...

Asteron leaves KiwiSaver market

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
Asteron is pulling out of the New Zealand KiwiSaver market. The firm is winding up its KiwiSaver Scheme at the end of May, which had more than 6,000 members with approximately $33 million in funds under management (FUM). The decision to withdraw from ...

NZ Super axes GMO mandates

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2010
... February 2005; and a multi-strategy equities mandate in June 2006. This decision does not affect the New Zealand Superannuation Fund's strategic asset allocation to global listed equities. According to a press statement, the guardians work with investment ...

NZ Super buys Shell assets

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
A consortium including the New Zealand Superannuation Fund has bought the Royal Dutch Shell's New Zealand distribution business assets for more than $540 million. The deal includes all Shell's "downstream assets", which include the business' retail ...

NZ Super returns 17pc

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund returned more than 17 per cent for the financial year to date at the end of February this year - a $2.3 billion net gain. According to the sovereign wealth fund's February performance update, it has returned just ...

Future Fund behind Azerbaijan on transparency

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
... SWF, UAE-based Mubadala, Singapore's Temasek, Norway's Government Pension Fund-Global and the New Zealand Superannuation Fund SWFs with scores less than two out of 10 were based in Oman, Nigeria, Kiribati, Iran, Brunei and Algeria.