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Future Fund keeps capital deployment close to its chest

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2006
Trade with China and commodities are still the mainstays of the Australian economy, said Future Fund chairman, David Murray, at a Fidelity Investments forum yesterday, while speculating that it could be a year or more before Future Fund capital is deployed. ...

AMP Capital Investors appoints new portfolio manager

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2006
AMP Capital Investors has announced the appointment of a new portfolio manager for its International and Future Directions Funds. Tanya Debakhapouve has been appointed as portfolio manager, International and Future Funds, commencing in the role 1 June. ...

Our master is the government: FF boss

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2006
The Future Fund is the government's money and it is the boss, said Future Fund chairman David Murray in an interview yesterday. Speaking on ABC TV, Murray said this also means the Government can dictate what shares are placed into the Fund, even though ...

Too soon for Future Fund asset allocation calls: Murray

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2006
Infrastructure, alternatives and Government and corporate bonds are on the Future Fund agenda, but Fund chairman David Murray is still giving no clues about the possible appointment of a new chief executive officer. Murray was also no closer to disclosing ...

ACT govt goes to super tender

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2006
... tender is separate to the arrangements for the ACT Superannuation Provision account, which is effectively the ACT Future Fund, that several years ago was funded by the sale of ACTEW and assorted other government assets to underpin, on an accrual basis ...

Future Fund appointee's business cops downgrades from Fitch

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2006
Fitch Ratings has downgraded all funds formerly under the watch of Future Fund board appointee Trevor Rowe's company N M Rothschild and Sons (Australia) (NMRA) following last week's announcement NMRA had offloaded that part of the business to Invesco ...

Investec Australia buys NM Rothschild

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2006
... activities will narrow in scope to just providing M&A advice. Trevor Rowe, Rothschild's head of investment banking and Future Fund guardian, said Rothschild would now "focus on the main business, investment banking and M&A&Times have changed in the last ...

Qld to dominate Future Fund board of guardians

... Queenslanders may only account for only 8 per cent of funds management in Australia, but they control half the seats on the Future Fund board of guardians. The Government has just announced the appointment of six members of the Future Fund board of guardians ...

Ord Minnett goes with RBC Dexia

Ord Minnett has appointed RBC Dexia Investor Services as the custodian and investment administrator for its new Enhanced Income Fund. The Enhanced Income Fund, launched on 13 February, aims for strong income returns with a relatively low risk profile. ...

Future Fund open to alternatives

Hedge funds and alternative investments will not be ruled out of the Future Fund according to Treasury officials, ending months of uncertainty that kept hedge and alternatives fund managers on tenterhooks. Kim Ivey, chairman of the industry's peak body ...