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Future Fund bags a piece of Transgrid

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
... Future Fund chief investment officer Ben Samild said the investment in Transgrid aligns with the $240 billion sovereign wealth fund's risk and return objectives and will help safeguard the portfolio from higher inflation, interest rates, and currency ...

State insurer names new CIO as government review looms

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
... political attention on the public insurer's management of its assets. During his 12 years at New Zealand's sovereign wealth fund, Everson most recently served as head of asset allocation. As for Dyer, he earlier worked at Goldman Sachs, Russell ...

Citco secures powerful backer in global investment firm

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2025
... trillion in assets under administration and operates across more than 30 countries, has partnered with Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC. GIC has taken a minority stake it Citco, while the founding Smeets Family retains its majority ownership. GIC ...

Future Fund makes leadership appointments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
... December 2019. She's previously held senior roles at Burra Foods, Bega Cheese, and Tatura Milk Industries. The sovereign wealth fund said her appointment is part of a strategy to "mature the Agency's senior leadership capabilities" in line with the growing ...

NZ Super appoints inaugural chief operating officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
... role." The appointment follows NZ Super's recent recognition of becoming the world's best-performing sovereign wealth fund over the past 20 years, according to GlobalSWF's annual rankings. In FY24, the fund reported a mammoth return of 14.94% ...

Future Fund muscles past annual target return, lags in March quarter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... the year to March 31, topping its annual target; though its quarterly performance undershot the benchmark. The sovereign wealth fund returned 1.2% for the March quarter, below the 1.9% target. However, over the long run, the fund has made a habit of ...

NZ Super recognised for two decades of outperformance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund is the world's best-performing sovereign wealth fund over the past 20 years. That's according to GlobalSWF's annual rankings, which found NZ Super Fund's returns over the 20 years to June 2024 significantly outperformed ...

TWG Global takes stake in Mubadala Capital

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
... Chelsea FC. Meantime, Mubadala Capital is the alternatives division of the $515 billion (US$330bn) Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Company. Under the deal, Mubadala will anchor and lead a $15.6 billion (US$10bn) syndicated investment ...

Super moves: Aware Super, Future Fund, Cbus

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
... been promoted to senior associate within Future Fund's economics and capital markets team. He arrived at the sovereign wealth from Perpetual, where he started as a graduate in 2021. Finally, Cbus Super has welcomed Mark Fagan to the board of directors. ...

Future Fund veteran takes on new gig

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
Future Fund emerging markets lead has taken up a new role at Australia's sovereign wealth fund. Industry heavyweight Craig Thorburn - who has been with the fund for almost two decades - has been appointed director of thought leadership. While leading ...