Investment Funds

A number of investment funds have been established by the Australian Government. These are:

The investments of these funds are managed by the Future Fund Board of Guardians [External Site] .

Closure of the Communications Fund and the Higher Education Endowment Fund

Two Government investment funds, the Communications Fund [External Site] and the Higher Education Endowment Fund [External Site] (HEEF), were closed in early January 2009 as a result of the commencement of the Nation-building Funds (Consequential Amendments) Act 2008 [External Site] . Upon closure, the balance of the Communications Fund was transferred to the Building Australia Fund and the balance of the HEEF was transferred to the Education Investment Fund.

Links

The Future Fund Board of Guardians

www.futurefund.gov.au [External Site]


Contact for information on this page: FundsBranch@finance.gov.au


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Last Modified: 19 January, 2010