Future Fund

Leadership

Future Fund’s Arndt: From CIO to CEO in the middle of a pandemic

When Covid-19 hit, Arndt was considering whether to apply for the CEO role vacated by David Neal. In the blink of an eye, none of that mattered. Since taking the job, he’s come to realise the market crisis was just the front end of a massive wave of change.

Tahn SharpeNovember 30, 2020

Investment Strategy

Future Fund’s Brake on PE, inflation and an uncertain future

Downsizing of the Future Fund's private equity portfolio was not a reflection on the importance of PE but rather in response to outperformance and currency movement, CIO Sue Brake explained.

Ben HurleySeptember 2, 2020

Future Find CIO Raphael Arndt (Pic: Nicole Cleary)

People Moves

Future Fund promotes Raphael Arndt to CEO

Arndt will take over the helm of the $205 billion sovereign wealth fund in July after a three-month global search for a candidate.

Sarah JonesMay 7, 2020

Investment Strategy

Future Fund hunts for bargains in private markets

Investment chief Raphael Arndt said the fund has been steadily building up liquidity to snap up bargains from forced sellers.

Elizabeth FryApril 27, 2020

Opinion

COVIDnomics: Do we need a local Temasek?

If the government created the Future Fund, then perhaps in the aftermath of the coronavirus there is room to set up another holding company whereby any bailout comes with safeguards.

Rob PrugueApril 17, 2020

Opinion

A time of reckoning for illiquid assets

The time of reckoning for super funds with large allocations of illiquid assets was always going to come. Most thought they would have time to prepare, but the COVID-19 crisis has bought this forward.

Dominic McCormickApril 9, 2020

Investment Strategy

Former Trump adviser warns of global recession

Kevin Hassett, the former economic adviser to US president Donald Trump, has warned that the chance of the global economy falling into a deep recession from the coronavirus outbreak was “pretty close to 100 per cent.”

Sarah JonesMarch 11, 2020

CIO profiles

HESTA’s investment overhaul

Sonya Sawtell-Rickson is half way through her three-year plan to restructure the fund's investment function. She's buying more private assets, kicked off internalisation plans and sold equities ahead of the market rout.

Sarah JonesMarch 4, 2020

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