Future Fund

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

Pay Survey

Million-dollar payouts

As the industry consolidates into bigger funds overseeing hundreds of billions of dollars, the average remuneration packages will also likely climb.

Sarah JonesFebruary 10, 2020

Raphael Arndt, CIO Future Fund (Pic: Nicole Cleary)

Investment Strategy

Future Fund sticks with hedge funds

Australia’s $168 billion Future Fund is looking to add more money to its $22.6 billion hedge fund program where it can find managers with spare capacity, to help protect the portfolio against a sell-off in the equity market.

Sarah JonesJanuary 28, 2020

Operations

Future Fund to hire less as data project goes live

The $210 billion sovereign wealth fund has launched its new investment data management platform, capping an initial three-year journey to upgrade its technology.

Sarah JonesDecember 9, 2019

ESG

RIAA identifies Australia’s top super funds

Australian super funds that employ responsible investment strategies have outperformed their competitors over one, three and five-year time frames, fresh data from Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has confirmed.

Elizabeth FryDecember 6, 2019

Investment Strategy

Super funds to buy up corporate Australia

As asset owners grow bigger they are tipped to start buying up listed companies. Yet not everyone is convinced that it's worth the trouble including the Future Fund.

Sarah JonesNovember 27, 2019

Fiduciary Investors Symposium

Future Fund to sell off ‘large slice’ of private equity

Australia’s sovereign wealth fund is in the midst of selling off some of its private equity assets on the secondary market as it looks to free up more capital in the event of a drawdown.

Sarah JonesNovember 21, 2019

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