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Future Fund puts in another strong year

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
... 2015 and 7.7% per annum since inception in May 2006, comfortably ahead of its CPI +4.5% target of 7% per annum. Peter Costello, chairman of the sovereign wealth fund commented: "The Future Fund has a track record which the country can be proud off."

Future Fund awarded sovereign investor of 2015

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
... "It has emerged as a role model for other sovereign funds grappling with similar challenges." Future Fund chair Peter Costello said the award was a credit to all those who work for the fund and it's something Australians can be proud of, as the fund ...

Calls to mandate funds to offer social impact option

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... achieving real benefits for the community. It needs to be an option in every 'My Super' fund for this to work." CCA chair Tim Costello added: "This would have an enormous impact for not-for-profits and communities across the nation. It would create billions ...

OPINION: Super is Murray's big rock

ANDREW BRAGG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
... Keith Campbell and Stan Wallis. Paul Keating pushed deregulation through after the Campbell Inquiry (1981) and Peter Costello created the "twin peaks" regulators of APRA and ASIC after Wallis (1997). With these changes, Keating created a competitive ...

OPINION: What to do with the Tax White Paper!

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY, FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
... have come into that. But the timing is something you have to consider carefully. When the Howard Government and Peter Costello did this it did take around about, Peter tells me, 18 months from start to finish through going through the process and around ...

Future Fund issues return warning

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... FUM grew by $600 million in the September quarter to bring the fund to $117.8 billion. However, Future Fund chair Peter Costello and managing director David Neal asked investors to temper their expectations for the period ahead. "We are pleased with ...

New faces to lead financial services policy reform

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... Turnbull's Cabinet and is no stranger to the nuances of the financial services industry. She was a policy adviser to Peter Costello for four years, has served as chairman of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics from 2013 and was ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... Wednesday, the Australian Financial Review Banking and Wealth Summit continues in Sydney with former treasurer Peter Costello and APRA chairman Wayne Byres both slated to speak. The Disruptocon conference runs for its last day, also in Sydney, while ...

Future Fund grows to $117bn

AAP AND DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... government investment of $60.5 billion, the fund's March quarter portfolio update showed. Chair of the Future Fund, Peter Costello, said a patient and disciplined approach to investing for the long term has delivered well. "Given the enormous monetary ...

QIC hires senior infrastructure execs

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... Infrastructure Fund secured initial capital commitments of $645 million from four institutional investors, and that Paul Costello, the inaugural chief executive of Australia's Future Fund and the first chief executive of the New Zealand Superannuation ...