January
- Exclusive
- Future Fund
Future Fund opposed investing in Future Made in Australia
Papers also reveal the $230b fund has been told to consider the government’s priorities of renewables, housing and infrastructure when voting on companies it invests in.
- John Kehoe
October 2024
$225b Future Fund hunts for green-energy investments
Chairman Greg Combet has flagged that the $225 billion sovereign wealth fund is hunting for investments to help Australia reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
- John Kehoe
September 2024
Future Fund reveals it voted against Woodside’s climate strategy
The country’s sovereign wealth fund says its analysis shows that activism is rising, with a rise in votes against remuneration reports from big shareholders.
- Jemima Whyte
June 2024
- Opinion
- Superannuation
Five reasons to give first home buyers access to super
If a person owns their house it is equivalent to having sufficient superannuation to service rent for the rest of their lives. Thus, far from eroding superannuation, it is a core part of retirement savings.
- Mark Humphery-Jenner
King’s Birthday honours come to political chums at remarkable speed
Daniel Andrews locked down Melbourne for longer than it took to approve his AC honours.
- Hannah Wootton
April 2024
- Exclusive
- Federal budget
Budget to fast-track investment approvals
Treasurer Jim Chalmers is close to finalising a package to get capital flowing for the stuttering energy transition and other Labor priority projects.
- John Kehoe
Bet ‘significant’ public money on renewables stakes: Combet
The incoming chair of the nation’s sprawling $212 billion Future Fund says it’s time to return to public investment in green energy.
- Jacob Greber
March 2024
What Daniel Andrews’ political machine did next
Now that the dream is over, some of his most powerful operatives are ready to cash in.
- Myriam Robin and Mark Di Stefano
January 2024
Labor warned not to risk Future Fund on ‘pet projects’
New Future Fund boss Greg Combet has been warned by the $212 billion sovereign wealth fund’s first chairman not to risk taxpayer money on “nation building” projects such as green energy and housing.
- John Kehoe
- Opinion
- Investing
What is now to come for the Future Fund?
Jim Chalmers says that the Future Fund’s purpose and independence is safe. But it is difficult to be reassured without more concrete guardrails.
- The AFR View
New Future Fund boss; Bad news for Woolies; Deadly attack on US troops
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Greg Combet announced as new Future Fund boss
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he will discuss the investment direction of the $212 billion Future Fund with incoming chairman Greg Combet, but won’t “mess” with its independence and commercial goals.
- John Kehoe
September 2023
Unlock super’s $3trn power for green energy, transition boss says
The chairman of the newly created Net Zero Economy Agency says the world’s third-largest pool of retirement savings should aid decarbonisation.
- Ben Potter
- Opinion
- Climate policy
Business begins to face up to fossil fuel phase-out
Companies are backing long-term decarbonising – but are much more wary of the nearer challenges of the 2035 target.
- John Connor
June 2023
Industry super, Labor heavyweight Cath Bowtell to chair IFM Investors
Replacing Greg Combet, Bowtell plans to make the $217 billion fund “a really truly global company” under her leadership.
- Hannah Wootton
- Opinion
- Renewables
Greg Combet becomes Canberra’s energy frontman
Greg Combet will have to use all the skills he learned over the decades to manage his next big job – chairing the government’s net zero economy agency from next month.
- Jennifer Hewett
April 2023
- Opinion
- Canberra Observed
There are few votes in raiding super for nation building
The government is fascinated by using savings for social housing and clean energy. The public is just very suspicious.
- Phillip Coorey
February 2023
- Opinion
- South-East Asian economy
Australia must come to the South-East Asia investment table
Australia has chided the US for its security-first view of South-East Asia. But this country suffers from the same syndrome of under doing investment relationships.
- Richard McGregor
November 2022
The New Daily’s revenue craters
It’s an oddity in a sector currently replete with robust advertising streams.
- Michael Roddan
October 2022
Chalmers drafts top investors to advisory group
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has established a powerful investor round table to reduce barriers to business investment and support the government’s push to deliver supply side economic reform.
- Ronald Mizen