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Future Fund dabbles in India

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
Australia's Future Fund has awarded a new mandate to US-based venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners. The world's 13th largest sovereign wealth fund with $74.6 billion worth of assets under management issued the mandate to Bessemer some time ...

Australian Unity issues $80m debt

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
Australian Unity has issued $80 million worth of new bonds to raise capital. The five-year debt securities will be listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), with an issue price and face value of $100 each, the company said. The offer is expected ...

Future Fund returns 7.5pc

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
The Future Fund has posted a 7.5 per cent return in the year to December, with the performance attributed to more investments towards equities and alternatives, and continuing reduction in its debt and cash holdings. According to the fund's December ...

Future Fund rebounds

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
Excluding its holdings in Telstra, the Future Fund posted a 10.6 per cent return in the year to 30 June, compared to a decline of 4.2 per cent in the preceding year, according to a portfolio update. The fund's total assets stood at $67.3 billion, compared ...

Challenger wins $200m from AustralianSuper

AUSTRALIANSUPER RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
AustralianSuper has signed a $200m deal to invest in an unlisted debt portfolio managed by Challenger Financial Services Group, which invests in a combination of property and private equity debt in Australia and New Zealand. Challenger will co-invest ...

Challenger launches Bentham

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
Challenger Financial Services has launched Bentham Asset Management, an investment boutique created on the back of the group's recently purchased assets from Credit Suisse. Bentham will be managed by portfolio manager and principal, Richard Quin, and ...

Future Fund tops up alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
The $66 billion Future Fund has grown its property, alternatives and infrastructure portfolios in the quarter to March - when it returned 2.8 per cent (ex-Telstra). According to a 31 March portfolio update, the fund increased its property exposure from ...

MLC adds eight debt managers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
MLC has changed the way it manages debt securities in the MLC Horizon portfolios and its Diversified Debt fund, with eight investment managers winning new mandates but Bridgewater and BlackRock dropped from the line up. The new line up means MLC will ...

Future Fund targets credit assets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
The Future Fund is eyeing credit investment opportunities in the US and locally to boost the returns of its debt portfolio. David Neal, chief investment officer at the Future Fund, said the fund is rotating its debt portfolio into opportunistic areas ...

Ipac funnels $50m into alts

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
Ipac joins the fray of fund managers that are eyeing opportunities in debt securities - opening a new portfolio this year that is dedicated entirely to the asset class. According to Jeff Rogers, chief investment officer at ipac which had $12 billion ...