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Hostplus defies inflation fears

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2022
... not care what inflation is today since they will already have hedged inflation risk through those property and infrastructure assets that can reprice and pass those inflation costs on to consumers. Hostplus' focus on investment strategy - rather ...

Sovereign wealth funds increase investment horizons, private market exposure

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2022
... decision-making had become much harder." Nevertheless, some respondents highlighted real assets, including real estate, infrastructure, and renewables, as investments that will provide cashflows that could prove to be resilient in a low-growth inflationary ...

Barings establishes APAC real estate debt operations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
... Abhishek Srivastava as a senior analyst in the existing Sydney team, joining from Commonwealth Bank where he covered infrastructure and real estate. The appointment is part of Barings' commitment to the real estate business and expanding in the region ...

Super assets decline despite contributions surge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... equities, and 5.3% in unlisted. Fixed income and cash together comprise 29.1% of investments, while property and infrastructure account for 16.1% and other assets comprise 2.3%. The rate of return (ROR) for funds with more than six members was -0.7% ...

Global X launches copper miners ETF

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... Australia, providing access to a range of global copper miners expected to play a role in future technologies and infrastructure. It's the second ETF launched by Global X ETFs Australia since it rebranded from ETF Securities in September. The fund works ...

Iress unveils Connectivity Network

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... insurance providers with advice softwares. Core to the Connectivity Network is the delivery of a new cloud-based infrastructure capability known as Xplan Affinity. Xplan Affinity is designed to enable platform and insurance providers to integrate directly ...

Private market investment impediments not insurmountable: Frontier

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2022
... process means superannuation funds will be encouraged to either take on greater risk in these sectors (particularly infrastructure) or avoid them altogether," the report said. Likewise, Frontier called for a re-evaluation of the focus on fees in isolation ...

Igneo buys NZ energy distributor

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2022
Igneo Infrastructure Partners will acquire New Zealand electricity distributor Eastland Network. Eastland Network will be purchased from Eastland Group, a specialist in regional infrastructure, including ports, electricity networks and generation. Eastland ...

Spirit Super, Stonepeak pick up GeelongPort

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2022
The global infrastructure manager and industry super fund will own 70% and 30% of the asset, respectively. Spirit Super and Stonepeak have bought the asset from Brookfield and State Super for an undisclosed amount. The Port of Geelong is the second ...

Super is enabling private market democratisation: PGIM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2022
... to APRA, MySuper funds allocated approximately 20% of assets to private equity, unlisted property and unlisted infrastructure, on 31 December 2021. Looking abroad, since 2001, US pensions have doubled their allocations to alternative assets to over 20%. ...