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Brookfield enters $154bn partnership with NVIDIA, Kuwait SWF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
... to deliver this infrastructure at speed, at scale, and to the highest standard for enterprises, technology firms, and sovereign governments." NVIDIA chief executive Jensen Huang said AI is transforming every industry and will require every nation to ...

Resilience more important than growth: Arndt

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2025
... it's the foundation for sustainable ambition." Arndt admitted building resilience was not easy and required Australia's sovereign wealth fund to turn over $290 billion across its portfolio since 2021. "Through the New Investment Order framework, we concluded ...

Future Fund rethinks portfolio amid 'greater uncertainty'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
Australia's sovereign wealth fund has outlined how the investment landscape has shifted and how it has rethought its portfolio construction amid greater global uncertainty. In its most recent Position Paper, Future Fund said it has been thinking "more ...

HESTA, Vision Super divest Israeli securities

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
... reports, but could be as high as 377,000 Palestinians who are unaccounted for. In August, Norway's US$2 trillion sovereign wealth fund announced it divested 11 Israeli companies and was in the process of terminating mandates with external managers ...

NRFC invests in brain-computer interface devices

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
... impairment." "Investing in Synchron also helps to commercialise Australian innovation and technology, contributing to your sovereign medical capability and helping to create highly skilled jobs for Australians in the future." Synchron founder and chief ...

Key roles vacant as NZ Super prepares for growth

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
New Zealand's $86 billion sovereign wealth fund is filling several critical investment roles as it gears up for explosive growth that will see its assets double within a decade. NZ Super, led by former Funds SA chief executive Jo Townsend (pictured) ...

Norway wealth fund told to pause ethical divestments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
The world's largest sovereign wealth fund is halting ethical divestments until its guidelines, unchanged since 2004, are reviewed. Norway's parliament earlier this week voted to pause ethical divestments by Norges Bank Investment Management while it ...

Future Fund returns top $200bn since inception

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2025
Australia's sovereign wealth fund's returns exceeded $200 billion in September for the first time since its inception. The Future Fund achieved an annual return of 8.3% over the past decade, exceeding the targeted mandate of 7%. It provided a return ...

Ironbark partners to offer global quantitative equity capabilities

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2025
... brings nearly four decades of global quantitative equity research in Stochastic Portfolio Theory for pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, and more, the firm said. Unlike conventional stock-picking or factor investing, Intech's portfolios ...

Ex Rest Super exec takes on regional gig

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
... provide strategic thought leadership in the asset owner space while working with executives at superannuation, pension and sovereign wealth funds across the region. Leck has spent much of his career in superannuation, asset management and treasury, specialising ...