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Canadian pension funds eye Aust infra

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... million from the $2.3bn sale of the long-term lease of the Sydney Desalination Plant to a consortium including Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board and Hastings Funds Management. "Canadian investors are looking for stable returns in the current low yield ...

Hastings consortium snaps up de-sal plant

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
An international consortium including the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan and two funds owned by Westpac subsidiary Hastings Funds Management has signed off on a $2.3bn deal to lease the NSW desalination plant. Finalised only six days after offers were ...

IFM wins legalsuper Aus equities mandate

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... net benefit to our members," said legalsuper, chief executive, Andrew Proebstl. Just last week, the California State Teachers' Retirement System ( CalSTRS ) selected IFM to manage an infrastructure mandate of up to $500 million to invest in infrastructure ...

IFM wins $500m CalSTRS mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
... million mandate to Australian manager, IFM, to gain exposure to the global infrastructure market. The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) has selected Industry Funds Management (IFM) to manage an infrastructure mandate up to $500 million ...

MLC earns health insurance advice mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
MLC Implemented Consulting has been appointed by Teachers Federation Health to provide tailored investment services and advice. Teachers Federation Health (TFH), which has over $200 million of assets under advice, joins fellow insurers HCF and nib in ...

Obama punts on US$300bn jobs package

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... Commentators said it's hoped the state grants that will form part of the package will be used to re-hire thousands of laid-off teachers in fiscally weak states that have been sacking them by the thousands, in desperate attempts to save money. President ...

LGS and VFMC join 'green' property movement

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... by a number of funds and asset managers, representing $1.4 trillion in assets under management, including ATP, Ontario Teachers' Pension Fund, Aviva Investors and Paramount Group. Leading investment industry associations, including the Australian Council ...

Macq Life signs the Teachers Health Fund

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... Macquarie Life will provide its new insurance solution, Macquarie Life Active, through a new distribution agreement with the Teachers Health Fund. This is the first time Macquarie Life Active will be distributed through a health fund, after its initial ...

Health Super to merge with First State

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... numbers. First State Super is a multi-sector fund that covers most employees working in the public sector in NSW, including teachers, police and workers in public hospitals, ambulance services and prisons. Health Super's core membership is drawn from ...

CalPERS deploys US$500m into ESG, OTPP buys Chunnel link

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... (CalPERS) has invested $500 million into a new internally managed environmental investment strategy; while Canada's Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) and Borealis have bought the UK high-speed rail link to the channel tunnel for 2.1 billion. CalPERS ...