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AIA signs life insurance deal with RAC

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
AIA Australia has signed a four-year deal with RAC to offer life insurance cover to its 800,000 members. As a part of the agreement, two new life insurance products - RAC Life Protect and RAC Accident Protect - have been created. The products will provide ...

The Infrastructure Fund reaches into Europe

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
The Infrastructure Fund (TIF) has taken a 7.5% stake in UK rail freight leasing company Porterbrook Rail Finance. The move is part of the broader investment strategy for TIF, overseen by trustee The Private Capital Group Pty Ltd (TPCG), to create a ...

ANZ halts trading after accidental data release

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
ANZ requested a trading halt yesterday after it accidently published key financial tables on its website, ahead of the announcement of the group's 2014 financial results. The Excel document inadvertently contained details of unaudited half on half percentage ...

QIC takes stake in East West Link PPP

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
QIC has become a major investor in the East West Link Stage 1 ("EWL") public-private partnership (PPP) toll road and tunnel project in Melbourne, after a consortium led by Capella Capital won the bid. Other members of the consortium included British ...

CommInsure offers alternative to group insurance

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
Customers of Comminsure Total Care Plan Super insurance can now pay their premiums through their superannuation fund, giving superannuants an alternative to the group cover offered by their super fund. The change also means that policy holders would ...

SMSF collapses imminent in hunt for yield

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
A chase for yield, combined with investor empowerment and lack of education could be the perfect storm for a large scale self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) collapse, according to Aberdeen Asset Management (Aberdeen). Speaking at a media briefing ...

Ai Group defends super in awards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... Services Council (FSC); but it also pits them against fellow business body the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI). While ACCI itself does not have a direct connection the industry super funds which benefit from the current awards system ...

PROFILE: Folkestone MD Greg Paramor

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
Folkestone MD Greg Paramor Commercial real estate stalwart Greg Paramor has an unbroken track record of business success. In his latest role as managing director of Folkestone, history is repeating itself. The veteran property investor has founded a ...

ACCI calls for end to super in awards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... campaign to keep super in awards suffered another setback on Thursday when the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) renewed calls for an end to the Fair Work Commission's involvement in selecting default funds. The call, made at the Financial ...

Korean military fund puts $40m in Aussie infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
South Korea's $8.5 billion Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) has become the first overseas investor to invest in industry super investment vehicle The Infrastructure Fund. As well as being the only non-Australian stakeholder in The Infrastructure ...