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Future Fund

Australia

Future Fund is Australia’s sovereign wealth fund, responsible for investing for the benefit of future generations of Australians. Future Fund was established in 2006 to strengthen the Commonwealth’s long-term financial position and manages six public asset funds.Future Fund operate independently from the Australian government and tailors the management of each fund to its unique investment mandate.

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Future Fund

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Overall	87	3	77	12	63	32	74	14	56	45	42	64	49	54	47	57	47	57	81	7	82	6	83	4	88	2	81	7	74	14	52	50	51	52	57	43	58	40	53	48	52	50	39	68	49	54	43	61	66	29	67	27	61	38	57	43	54	47	64	31	63	32	63	32	58	40	46	60	66	29	38	69	35	72	40	65	51	52	35	72	40	65	37	71	25	74	11	75	73	16	77	12	81	7	72	18	73	16	89	1	55	46	70	23	43	61	40	65	47	57	43	61	58	40	63	32	63	32	78	10	67	27	72	18	69	24	72	18	69	24	78	10	59	39	63	32	53	48	68	26	83	4	72	18	48	56	38	69	71	22
Cost	69	11	67	15	55	34	69	11	58	26	45	47	58	26	55	34	45	47	64	17	69	11	65	16	90	3	68	14	73	9	57	30	54	38	60	22	55	34	56	33	53	40	45	47	59	24	55	34	57	30	37	59	34	61	24	67	41	54	23	68	39	58	26	65	26	65	14	73	50	42	37	59	30	62	29	63	54	38	7	75	15	71	20	69	18	70	13	74	73	9	76	7	93	1	76	7	81	4	91	2	15	71	51	41	28	64	41	54	40	57	47	46	45	47	50	42	50	42	64	17	50	42	60	22	58	26	57	30	42	51	77	6	42	51	63	19	59	24	61	21	79	5	58	26	42	51	41	54	63	19
Governance	100	1	95	7	90	14	92	12	64	50	42	68	63	53	61	55	72	39	95	7	97	4	100	1	100	1	96	5	84	23	47	66	54	62	64	50	53	63	69	44	68	45	57	59	71	42	57	59	94	10	95	7	72	39	82	26	71	42	82	26	74	36	87	21	77	32	58	58	64	50	39	70	41	69	50	65	53	63	37	72	73	37	62	54	43	67	11	75	72	39	75	35	77	32	67	47	76	34	89	16	83	25	81	28	65	49	39	70	59	57	66	48	84	23	80	29	89	16	88	18	79	30	92	12	90	14	88	18	96	5	88	18	73	37	79	30	60	56	56	61	93	11	68	45	30	74	34	73	87	21
Performance	90	5	65	32	64	36	84	13	62	38	43	66	66	30	63	37	61	42	88	9	90	5	92	4	89	8	85	11	77	19	52	55	49	60	69	26	60	45	49	60	59	51	39	69	49	60	53	54	42	67	61	42	68	27	60	45	41	68	65	32	67	29	62	38	60	45	61	42	85	11	51	56	51	56	72	23	75	21	24	74	39	69	49	60	25	73	21	75	60	45	68	27	75	21	66	30	62	38	95	1	48	64	94	2	33	72	38	71	45	65	60	45	59	51	76	20	82	16	82	16	60	45	65	32	62	38	71	24	65	32	70	25	59	51	51	56	51	56	83	14	93	3	90	5	87	10	80	18	83	14
Responsible Investment	85	11	78	27	53	47	61	41	46	51	45	52	15	69	15	69	17	67	87	8	81	22	88	7	84	14	84	14	72	35	59	43	54	45	42	55	73	32	44	53	34	59	19	66	22	63	11	72	80	25	84	14	77	29	71	36	70	37	93	3	81	22	85	11	78	27	57	44	73	32	32	60	22	63	12	71	29	61	77	29	39	56	22	63	17	67	3	73	94	1	87	8	89	5	89	5	84	14	94	1	84	14	65	40	53	47	48	50	37	57	3	73	54	45	44	53	28	62	90	4	87	8	82	20	73	32	80	25	84	14	85	11	70	37	67	39	51	49	81	22	77	29	82	20	37	57	0	75	61	41

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Fund Insights

Behind Future Fund’s $70bn inflation-related portfolio shift

In the past two years, the Future Fund has made around $70 billion worth of changes in the portfolio that can be traced back to stubbornly high inflation. Its director of research and insights, Craig Thorburn, outlined how asset allocation around currencies, alternatives and bonds are all looking different.

The long and the short of harnessing demographics for better returns

Demographics is destiny, or so the saying goes. As populations grow, and as they move about, there will be investment opportunities that arise from their needs, their activity and their consumption. The trick for investors, however, is working out how long-term trends figure in generating shorter-term investment performance.

Study gives evidence of value-add from TPA over SAA

The funds that use TPA added 1.8 per cent pa for 10 years above those using SAA in a recent Thinking Ahead Institute study of 26 asset owners. And the systems-thinking TPA approach, with the benefits of dynamism and joined-upness, will help asset owners in an environment of increasing complexity.

Asset owners pressing the reset button

The synergy of talented individuals working together is the key to unlocking organisational and portfolio alpha, according to an indepth new study of 26 asset owners including the Future Fund. The study’s author Roger Urwin of the Thinking Ahead Institute discusses the challenges and opportunities of this combinatorial power.