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Future Fund appoints head of ESG risk management

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
The Future Fund has appointed a new head of environmental, social and governance risk management. Joel Posters will relocate from The Netherlands to take up the role and is expected to start in August 2014. Until recently Posters was global head of ...

States urged to recycle infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
The federal government is urging state governments to privatise infrastructure assets, with the creation of a $5 billion 'asset recycling initiative'. For a period of five years, the federal government will use this pool to pay state governments 15% ...

TAL maintains profits, amid record claims

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
Despite record claims payouts life insurer TAL has maintained its profit levels for the 12 months to 31 March. Financial results released by TAL's Japanese parent, Dai-ichi Life, show net profit after tax (NPAT) was down 1% to $90 million, compared ...

BT Life targets SMEs with insurance product

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... Australia has around 700,000 small businesses with employees, which tend to depend heavily on the skills and knowledge of the owner or the key people. Speaking at a roadshow in Sydney, he said that only 6% of small businesses have an insurance to protect ...

BNP Paribas appoints custody product head

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
BNP Paribas Securities Services, a global custodian with over $8 trillion in assets under custody, has appointed Justin Burman as head of product - asset and fund services (AFS) in Australia. Burman is responsible for market research and analysis, service ...

Super to engender securitisation 'rebirth': Brogden

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
The superannuation system could use its huge and ever-growing pool of capital to become a mortgage lender in partnership with the banks, according to Financial Services Council chief executive John Brogden. Speaking at the Actuaries Institute's Financial ...

The Infrastructure Fund looking to add to Port of Newcastle purchase

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
Australian industry super investment vehicle The Infrastructure Fund (TIF) is on the hunt for more quality infrastructure assets following its purchase of the long-term lease of the Port of Newcastle, the world's largest coal export port. Last week ...

LUCRF divests $5 million of cluster munition and tobacco

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
LUCRF Super has approved the negative screening and divestment of cluster munition manufacturers and tobacco companies from its investment portfolios. The fund said that it held $4.5 million in cluster munition stocks and $522,000 in tobacco as of January ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... $37.595, Rio Tinto had fallen 68 cents to $61.02 and Fortescue Metals was down 15.5 cents at $4.895. Meanwhile, shares in Coles owner Wesfarmers were up 53 cents at $43.24, but Woolworths was down 69 cents at $36.63 continuing falls from Wednesday after ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
... quarter, up 5.3 per cent from a year ago. The business was up 88 cents, or 2.3 per cent, to $37.17 while rival supermarket owner Wesfarmers had improved 39.5 cents, or 0.9 per cent, to $42.615 after suffering losses on Tuesday on the back of its retail ...