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Synchron vows to end yearly renewables

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
Synchron director Don Trapnell provided an update on his group's partnership with AIA Australia, announced just over a year ago, saying it will end "the industry's love affair with yearly renewable premium rates." Trapnell argued that Australia is the ...

Real assets courting insto appetites in 2017

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
... liquid strategies to enhance returns. Many alternative asset classes, such as long lease property, infrastructure and renewables, are able to provide inflation protection, along with secure income streams, to take care of investors' need for cash flo ...

QIC closes renewable energy fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
The Powering Australian Renewables Fund, on behalf of the QIC Global Infrastructure Fund and the Future Fund, has reached financial close on the Silverton Wind Farm. QIC announced it had achieved the $450 million required to fund the development of ...

CBA finances wind farm construction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
... Australia's largest wind farms. The bank is co-financing the project with the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, CWP Renewables, Partners Group, Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Denmark's export credit agency EKF to build the Sapphire Wind ...

UBS and Clarion launch global infrastructure fund

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
... in markets like the US). Furthermore, there is a global demand to invest in new types of infrastructure - including renewables, nuclear and natural gas - due to concerns about fossil fuels. UBS Asset Management head Bryce Doherty also commented, saying ...

NZ Super Fund partners in US renewables

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
... investment officer Matt Whineray said: "We are attracted to the risk adjusted returns that are available in global renewables, and the investment in Longroad, with the capability that the team offers, will help us access this sector and the shifting ...

QIC and Future Fund back $3bn renewable fund

KERRIE SYDEE, MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
... Global Infrastructure Fund and the Future Fund will see a total of $800 million invested in the Powering Australian Renewables Fund (PARF) to fund more than 1,000MW of large-scale renewable energy projects. PARF aims to eventually generate approximately ...

Infrastructure Capital Group targets $1bn for asset purchases

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
... opportunities. "There are assets out there that are reasonably priced, with more coming to market, particularly in the renewables space," Pickering said. "The mid-market, often overshadowed by mega deals, remains less crowded and more receptive to firms ...

Long-term investment under the spotlight

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... change in the short-term and under-estimate it in the long-term. "Everyone says oh my goodness we're going to move to renewables and fossil fuels will become stranded assets and then they become really cheap. It then becomes an attractive opportunity ...

Emissions trading won't fix climate change: expert

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
... his reasons for the German legislation, Fell said, "What we had to do was create the conditions to make investing in renewables attractive," he said. "This encouraged innovation and promoted mass production." "Politicians need to create a framework for ...