Future Fund’s Costello highlights inflation fears as assets hit $179b

Future Fund’s Costello highlights inflation fears as assets hit $179b

Future Fund chairman Peter Costello has highlighted investor concerns that any rise in inflation could push up interest rates from record lows.

  • byClancy Yeates

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Peter Costello warns ultra-low rates risk creating the next financial crisis

Peter Costello warns ultra-low rates risk creating the next financial crisis

Future Fund chairman Peter Costello has warned central banks against keeping borrowing costs at record lows for longer than necessary.

  • byClancy Yeates
Future Fund lost its invitation to the equity market’s party
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Future Fund lost its invitation to the equity market’s party

The Future Fund’s chairman and CEO don’t believe the current sharemarket ‘frenzy’ can last,and the sovereign wealth fund is positioning its portfolio for the hangover.

  • byElizabeth Knight
‘Unbelievable valuations’:Future Fund’s Costello warns of tech sector correction

‘Unbelievable valuations’:Future Fund’s Costello warns of tech sector correction

Future Fund chairman Peter Costello has warned the surge in technology stocks cannot be sustained over the long-term and will ultimately suffer a correction.

  • byClancy Yeates
Government executives share in $12.8m of bonuses during public servant pay freeze
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Government executives share in $12.8m of bonuses during public servant pay freeze

A quarter of taxpayer-funded agencies have given bonuses to highly-paid executives despite the government urging restraint during the pandemic.

  • byKatina Curtis
Baby Boomers won't cop it:Ken Henry's aged care warning

Baby Boomers won't cop it:Ken Henry's aged care warning

Ken Henry was uncomfortable during his tenure as Treasury secretary about the way vulnerable individuals experience the aged care system,and he remains so.

  • byHarriet Alexander
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'Harder in the future':Future Fund warns investors as returns slip

'Harder in the future':Future Fund warns investors as returns slip

Future Fund chairman Peter Costello has indicated to investors that they shouldn't count on making easy passive returns from the sharemarket.

  • byClancy Yeates
Future Fund escapes market mayhem,but road ahead is less certain
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Future Fund escapes market mayhem,but road ahead is less certain

The nation's sovereign wealth fund has come through the pandemic market rout almost intact,but new challenges are ahead. How to invest when the safest option generates negative returns?

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Future Fund urges'pub test'on executive pay as COVID-19 hits profits

Future Fund urges'pub test'on executive pay as COVID-19 hits profits

The $162 billion Future Fund is urging boards of companies that have slashed jobs during the pandemic to use a"pub test"when setting executive pay.

  • byClancy Yeates
There's a better way to fund your retirement

There's a better way to fund your retirement

You can get the super industry’s snout out of the feed trough,improve costs for businesses and still enjoy comfort in your golden years.

  • byScott Phillips
Future Fund promotes Dr Raphael Arndt to CEO

Future Fund promotes Dr Raphael Arndt to CEO

Chief investment officer Raphael Arndt has been promoted to the top job at the sovereign wealth fund.

  • byCharlotte Grieve