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Consistent growth fuels Future Fund cyber fears

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
The constant risk of a cyberattack on the Future Fund's investment portfolio is among its top concerns. Future Fund chairman Peter Costello said in a portfolio update this morning that the sovereign wealth fund considers cybersecurity risk to be a major ...

Future Fund cautious on risk and return

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
Future Fund chairman Peter Costello is adamant the global investment environment remains risky and offers little return, weighing considerably on the $127 billion sovereign wealth fund's strategy. Announcing a 7.8% return for the 2016 calendar year ...

Future Fund ahead of target on tenth birthday

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
... months, certainly not in any overly urgent way, but as returns have come down and risks have risen," he said. Future Fund chairman and former Treasurer Peter Costello said: "There will be difficult trading conditions going forward. Returns are at historic ...

Banks should hold more capital: Murray

AAP  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... surcharges when paying for airline tickets and other items. Mr Murray, a former Commonwealth Bank boss and Future Fund chairman, was last year charged with undertaking the biggest health check of Australia's financial system since the 1997 Wallis inquiry ...

Future Fund posts 13.9 pct return

STAFF WRITER WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... super funds delivered just 3.5% the Future Fund delivered more than twice that with a return of 7.2% pa. Future Fund chairman and former federal treasurer, Peter Costello, said the investment climate in the early days of the fund was challenging and ...

Future Fund names new managing director

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... financial officer Paul Mann will continue as acting managing director until Neal takes the reins in August. Future Fund chairman Peter Costello said: "David is a world class investor and leader and the search process confirmed that he was the best qualified ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
... Industry Group and Housing Industry Association's performance of construction index for August is released. Future Fund chairman David Gonski is also scheduled to speak about Australia's missed opportunities in Asia at a CEDA event in Melbourne. The ...

Give super fund directors more time: Gonski

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
Future Fund chairman David Gonski is diametrically opposed to frequent re-election of superannuation fund directors. Instead he says that board members' tenures should be structured as three terms of three years or two terms of five years. "Annual re-elections ...

Australia can't afford complacency: Murray

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
Former Future Fund chairman David Murray has warned that Australia is far too dependent on the rest of the world for both trade and capital to be assured of avoiding a European-style crisis. Speaking to the ABC last night, Murray said a downturn of ...

Future Fund posts higher returns, chairman warns of volatility

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... dollar terms from $7.46 billion to $8.28 billion over the same time period. After recent market turmoil, Future Fund chairman David Murray has publicly warned that the sovereign debt crisis in Europe and the US could take at least 20 years to resolve. ...
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