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Future Fund recruits energy heavyweight

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
Australia's sovereign wealth fund has appointed an experienced energy executive to lead its energy transition strategy. Kay Stuart joins as executive director of energy transition and will sit within the Future Fund's real assets team. Stuart ...

ART private equity lead heads for Middle East

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
... CVC Partners. Murphy's departure highlights the intensifying competition for private markets talent, with sovereign wealth funds, investment vehicles and private equity firms actively recruiting top-tier specialists from Australia's superannuation ...

Hostplus slams Lendlease over $2bn fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2025
... are all investors. "Also of concern is the decision by a number of investors, including superannuation funds, sovereign wealth funds and other member-based organisations, to absent themselves from these meeting," Hostplus said. "By failing to attend ...

Greece launches new innovation, infrastructure fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
Greece has launched a new arm of its sovereign wealth fund, focused on investments in technology, innovation and infrastructure. The Hellenic Innovation & Infrastructure Fund (HIIF) will serve as the investment arm of Growthfund, the existing national ...

Ben Samild to leave Future Fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
Future Fund chief investment officer Ben Samild is leaving the sovereign wealth fund for a new role. Samild has been with the Future Fund since 2013 when he joined as head of alternatives. He was named chief investment officer in August 2023 after serving ...

Macquarie AM wins sovereign wealth fund mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025
Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) will set up shop in Saudi Arabia after being tapped by sovereign wealth fund PIF for joint venture investments in infrastructure and energy transition sectors. The US$925 billion sovereign wealth fund signed a Memorandum ...

Future Fund achieves 12.2% in FY25, tops other instos

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2025
Australia's sovereign wealth fund beat the returns of other institutional investors by achieving 12.2% p.a. in the last financial year and in the same breath boosted assets to a new high of $252.3 billion. Global equities from developed markets, which ...

Future Fund taps AustralianSuper for property director

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2025
... for four years. He also boasts experience with Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse. Commenting, the sovereign wealth fund said Richmond will be instrumental in driving long-term value for its property portfolio. "This pivotal role leads the ...

Norway sovereign wealth fund divests 11 Israeli companies, cuts mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2025
Norway's US$2 trillion sovereign wealth fund has severed ties with 11 Israeli companies and is in the process of terminating mandates with external managers based in Israel. The sovereign wealth fund's manager, Norges Bank Investment Management ...

1MDB mastermind found in Shanghai with Aussie passport: Reports

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2025
Jho Low, the man accused of defrauding Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund, is reportedly living in Shanghai under a Greek alias with a fake Australian passport. Investigative outlet Brazen is reporting that Low, who has been on the run for several years ...