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Future Fund surges to $123 billion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
... seed funding of $61 billion, are a net national economic benefit. This investment success of the Future Fund's Board of Guardians - its 9-member board includes four women - has given the government the confidence to award them mandates to manage four ...

NZ Super tackles climate change

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... system, also present investment opportunities for long-term investors that we intend to capture." The fund's manager, the Guardians of NZ Superannuation, will incorporate climate change considerations into investment analyses and decisions, for example ...

NZ Super Fund posts decent full-year return

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
... the year, with the MSCI developed markets and emerging markets indices returning a combined -1.88%. She added that the Guardians' Board remained focused on the long-term and therefore deliberately weighted the portfolio towards growth assets, such as ...

QIC and Future Fund win Port of Melbourne lease

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2016
... landlord port with a well- defined regulatory regime in a globally scarce infrastructure subsector." Future Fund Board of Guardians chair Peter Costello described the port as "a high quality asset and an important link between Australia and its trading ...

Northern Trust wins two NZ Super mandates

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
Northern Trusts Asset Management has been handed two new factor investing mandates by The Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation. The mandates - each for NZ$300 million ($286 million) - will distribute funds Northern Trust already invests passively ...

NZSF gets top UN sustainability ratings

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
... "Responsible investment practices are becoming much more widely adopted and sophisticated both in New Zealand and globally," Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation chief investment officer Matt Whineray said. "We're therefore very pleased to remain ...

AstuteWheel launches one-hour estate planning

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
... Egger said: "Astute Estate Planner helps clients understand and consider important things, like deciding on an executor, guardians or beneficiaries before meeting with their estate planning professionals. "Clients can therefore complete much of the perfunctory ...

Future Fund gains two board members

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
Federal Finance Minister Mathias Cormann recently announced two appointments to the Future Fund Board of Guardians. Joining the Future Fund Board of Guardians for a five-year term are Erin Flaherty and Michael Wachtel. Their term began on 3 April 2016 ...

NZ Super appoints two board members

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... joining is former Hellaby Holdings group chief executive and managing director, John Williamson. Existing Board of the Guardians member Craig Ansley has been reappointed in his role until 30 September 2018. Guardians' chair Catherine Savage said the ...

J.P. Morgan and Future Fund ties at robo-adviser

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016
... turn "make a huge difference to the retirement savings of many Australians." Watson was a founding Future Fund Board of Guardians member, a former chairman of J.P. Morgan Australia and former global head of private equity at J.P. Morgan New York. The ...