Future Fund braces for more volatility after $7.4b hit

Future Fund braces for more volatility after $7.4b hit

The $196 billion Future Fund is bracing for more volatility on global markets and has predicted interest rates have further to rise.

  • byClancy Yeates

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Paying down debt shifts further to the future for Victoria

Paying down debt shifts further to the future for Victoria

The Parliamentary Budget Office warned on Wednesday that Victoria would struggle to cope with future economic shocks while paying down debt moves further into the future.

  • byRachel Eddie andNell Geraets
‘They have to be held to account’:Future Fund chairman lashes RBA over rate rises

‘They have to be held to account’:Future Fund chairman lashes RBA over rate rises

Future Fund chairman Peter Costello says central banks were too slow to raise interest rates - and borrowers would pay the price.

  • byClancy Yeates
Goodman taps into building supply boom with Brickworks deal

Goodman taps into building supply boom with Brickworks deal

Brickworks is spinning off 15 key manufacturing assets into a jointly run fund with industrial behemoth Goodman Group.

  • bySimon Johanson andCarolyn Cummins
‘Challenging and volatile’:Costello warns investors to brace for lower returns

‘Challenging and volatile’:Costello warns investors to brace for lower returns

The former federal treasurer and Future Fund chair has warned investors to brace for lower returns for longer,as inflation and higher interest rates create market volatility and uncertainty.

  • byCharlotte Grieve
Future Fund chair Peter Costello says RBA ‘credibility’ damaged

Future Fund chair Peter Costello says RBA ‘credibility’ damaged

Peter Costello has thrown his support behind a review of the RBA’s functions after criticising its policy to maintain the cash rate at historic lows until 2024.

  • byCharlotte Grieve
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‘Not avoiding tax’:Westpac director digs in after Pandora Papers expose

‘Not avoiding tax’:Westpac director digs in after Pandora Papers expose

Westpac director Steven Harker says he used a Samoan superannuation fund set up by one of the firms at the centre of an investigative journalism sting to avoid paying more tax than necessary.

  • bySarah Danckert
Rising inflation a ‘big issue’ for investors:Future Fund’s Costello

Rising inflation a ‘big issue’ for investors:Future Fund’s Costello

Future Fund chairman Peter Costello says investors need to think about how their portfolios would deal with higher inflation.

  • byClancy Yeates
Telstra sells towers stake for $2.8b to return half the money to shareholders

Telstra sells towers stake for $2.8b to return half the money to shareholders

Telstra has sold 49 per cent of its tower business - InfraCo Towers - to a consortium of superannuation funds,flagging a bonanza for its shareholders.

  • byZoe Samios
Future Fund gets 150 extra staff to face ‘fundamentally changed’ world

Future Fund gets 150 extra staff to face ‘fundamentally changed’ world

The Future Fund,overseeing $226 billion in savings,will get an 80 per cent increase in staff as it faces a more difficult investment world.

  • byShane Wright
War by proxy:Frydenberg’s reforms raise shareholder alarms

War by proxy:Frydenberg’s reforms raise shareholder alarms

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has picked a fight with proxy advisers,which the government believes need greater regulation given their influence on Australia’s biggest companies.

  • byAnne Hyland