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UniSuper appoints public markets head

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2007
... a month of staff movements at UniSuper, including the loss of their head of private markets, Gary Gabriel, to the Future Fund. St John also announced the fund had also surpassed the $25 billion mark in funds under management as of last week.

Future Fund appoints private markets head

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2007
The Future Fund has announced the appointment of former UniSuper executive Gary Gabriel as head of private markets. Gabriel was also head of private markets during his six years at UniSuper. Prior to his time there, he worked in various positions at ...

Aussie super funds leap into top 300

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2007
... cent. The eight funds were NSW State Super (ranked 119), AustralianSuper (133), UniSuper (170), QSuper (174), the Future Fund (188), ARIA (220), First State Super (272) and REST (289). The reasons behind the growth, according to the research, included ...

Future Fund appoints former QIC head strategist

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2007
The Federal Government's $42 billion Future Fund bolstered its investment capability when it appointed former QIC chief strategist Tony Day as head of strategy. Day has previously held consulting and actuarial roles at Towers Perrin and AMP before spending ...

Government in fund frenzy

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2007
... announcement of a new Health and Medical Infrastructure Fund, adding to the new Higher Education Endowment Fund and the Future Fund. Seeded with an initial $2.5 billion, Federal Treasurer Peter Costello said that figure would grow after the privatisation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2007
... lead from Wall Street, mixed commodity prices and news the federal government would pump an extra $7 billion into the Future Fund. The All Ordinaries index gained 52.1 points to 5978.6. Crude oil is the October contract price on the NYMEX. Gold is the ...

Howard flags infrastructure fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2007
... saying that it simply copied their 'Building Australia Fund' scheme, where future surpluses would be managed by the Future Fund board and used for future infrastructure projects. Labor said its infrastructure investment priorities would be set independently ...

Northern Trust opens local shop

Global custodian Northern Trust, the US-based custodian selected by the $51 billion Future Fund, flagged its more serious intention to service the local market with the grand opening of an Australian headquarters. In May, the Future Fund handed the ...

FF enters market but quietly

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2007
The $42 billion Future Fund has entered the market to begin placing its $42 billion in investible assets, but won't be letting on how it intends doing it. "The Board of Guardians of the Future Fund confirms that it has met its previously stated objective ...

FF appoints Watson Wyatt head as CIO

The Future Fund has appointed David Neal, the long-time head of investment consulting at Watson Wyatt Australia, as its chief investment officer. "We are delighted to welcome David to the Fund. His experience in working with diversified, multi-manager ...