Jun 3, 2026 – 12.40pmJust three months after leaving the $337.2 billion Future Fund, David Bluff has been snapped up by boutique private markets firm Global Alternative Funds.Global Alternative Funds partner and founder Natasha Nankivell. Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.Kanika Sood is a journalist based in Sydney who writes for the Street Talk column.Emma Rapaport is a co-editor of the Street Talk column. Prior to that, she was a markets reporter at The Australian Financial Review.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?
Ex Future Fund boss David Bluff finds a new home
In the seven years since hanging up GAF’s shingle, Nankivell’s secured more than $2 billion in investor commitments and closed 39 investments with managers.












