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ART backs Queensland space company with $14m investment

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2026
... for members in their best financial interest," Vincent said. Founded on the Gold Coast, Gilmour Space is developing sovereign launch capability through its Bowen Orbital Spaceport in North Queensland and provides satellite and launch services to commercial ...

FEATURE | Emerging markets: Twists and turns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
... "Frontier markets provide a decent yield, low correlation and a lot of the risks are idiosyncratic to the individual sovereign nation," Riaz says. "Adding frontier markets to an international global portfolio or finding a good manager who can specialise ...

Future Fund chief says staff departure not at 'worrying level'

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
... "worrying level". Arndt was speaking at a Senate Estimates Committee hearing yesterday about the rise in turnover at the sovereign wealth fund recently. "We tend to have people who join, stay for some period, develop their career and then go off, very ...

Advent builds Australian presence with new appointment

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... non-executive director of Transurban. She also recently completed a five-year term on the board of guardians for Australia's sovereign wealth fund, the Future Fund. Her previous board roles include positions as Macquarie Group, National Australia ...

Future Fund makes two new appointments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
... following the conclusion of Deborah Ralston's term in September 2026. "These highly qualified appointees will ensure our sovereign wealth fund can continue its strong record of returns for the Australian people," Chalmers said. Trafford-Walker is a highly ...

Budget boosts fuel security, misses clean energy opportunities

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026
With Treasury pledging a whopping $14.8 billion to boost fuel security amid the Middle East crisis, the 2026 Budget has been criticised or missing key opportunities to progress the clean energy transition. Treasurer Jim Chalmers' Strengthening Australia's ...

Future Fund executive departs after 10 years

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
... Future Fund executive director, investment capability and intelligence, Joel Grant has stepped away from Australia's sovereign wealth fund to launch Jolly Rambler. "Having worked at the intersection of investment governance and technology, I see ...

Rest strengthens data and tax leadership with new hires

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2026
... of group tax. She previously held a director role in the superannuation tax practice at KPMG, advising super funds, sovereign wealth funds and investment managers on tax and regulatory matters. The appointments come as large super funds continue to expand ...

ART, Mubadala back CBRE's infrastructure platform

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2026
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has joined a consortium of global investors including Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund Mubadala, in funding CBRE Investment Management-backed critical infrastructure platform Accelerate. Accelerate Infrastructure Opportunities ...

QIC faces heat over aviation firefighting asset privatisation

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
... in long-term public interest. "It is entirely reasonable for members and affiliated unions to ask whether backing a sovereign fund pursuing the privatisation of emergency services is consistent with those values," he said. QIC has long held investments ...
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