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Abbott eyes Canadian pension money

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
... pension funds are already significant investors in global infrastructure. The C$140 billion plus Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, for example, allocates 22% of its portfolio to real assets, $11.7 billion of which is in infrastructure. This is a similar ...

US retirement assets reach US$23tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
The US retirement assets market reached a stellar US$23 trillion at end 2013, up 16% through the year. But while the figure, at roughly 14 times the amount in the Australian superannuation system, seems astronomical. It is actually corresponds similarly ...

GPT Group bows out of CPA bidding war

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
GPT Group has conceded defeat to Dexus Property group and partner Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) in the battle to buy the Commonwealth Property Office Fund (CPA). GPT Group, which owns 11.72% of CPA, said in an announcement on the Australian ...

HESTA named Super Fund of the Year

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... Choice product, Sunsuper income Account was named best Retirement Deluxe Choice product, and Perpetual Wealth Focus Pension Plan was named best Retirement Premium Choice product. Other finalists included equipsuper, AustralianSuper, HOSTPLUS, BT Business ...

CBA accepts DEXUS' property fund takeover bid

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
... forward, with Commonwealth Bank of Australia agreeing to the terms of DEXUS' proposal. DEXUS, in partnership with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), bid to take on all issued units in CPA through an informal trust scheme, in a deal worth $3.7 ...

DEXUS, Canada bid for Commonwealth Prop Fund

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
DEXUS Property Group and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) have joined forces in a bid to take over Commonwealth Property Office Fund (CPA). DEXUS announced today that the consortium had made an indicative, non-binding proposal to Commonwealth ...

Investors move to real assets after GFC

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
Australian investors are moving away from sovereign debt and showing a preference for infrastructure and direct property, the annual Principal Global Investors (PGI) CREATE Report found. The ageing population and a global move by governments and corporates ...

Canadian pension funds flock to Aussie infra

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
... clients include Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCO), CPP Investment Board and the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan (OTPP). OTPP has been an investor in Australian infrastructure for some years now. The pension fund made headlines in 2011 when ...

Advice tech more than back office tool: JP Morgan

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
Advisors need to shed the perception of advice technology as a "back office" tool if they are to engage investors with their retirement income, according to a scaled advice software provider. J.P. Morgan's Donn Hess, speaking at a recent ASFA conference ...

AMP to raise $1 billion for 2nd infra debt fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
AMP Capital has launched a new infrastructure debt fund to institutional investors following increasing demand from Asia, Europe and North America. The AMP Capital Infrastructure Debt Fund II (IDF) invests in the subordinated debt of infrastructure ...