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Canadian pension fund enters AMP Capital property portfolio

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2016
... sectors in the near future." CPPIB managing director, head of real estate investments - Asia, Jimmy Phua, said: "This is a rare opportunity to acquire a diversified portfolio that includes top-tier office and retail properties in New Zealand, a market ...

Aussie super funds building world-class investment teams

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... in the biggest pension markets do not pose limits on funds' investments into various asset classes, with Australia being a rare exception. PwC said super funds are "required to have an investment governance framework in place based on prudent investment ...

Tail wags the dog in ESG regulation: PRI

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2016
The current structure of global capital markets is taken as a given by many regulators, who in turn aren't exerting enough influence on corporate environmental, social and governance policies, according to a new Principles for Responsible Investment ...

Vale George Vassos: Omega Global Investors

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
... Reflections of Life Chapel, 816 Doncaster Road, Doncaster, Victoria, on Thursday 8 December 2016 commencing at 2pm. Donations to Rare Cancers Australia can be made on the day.

RARE appoints new state manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
RARE Infrastructure has appointed a former CommSec business development manager as its first regional manager for QLD and WA. Working out of a newly opened Brisbane office, Nathan Ahboo has joined RARE to drive and expand client relationships across ...

Suncorp CFO says financial services disenfranchised

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016
Big businesses need to stop using government delay and political uncertainty as an excuse for deferred investment, according to Suncorp chief financial officer Steve Johnston. Speaking on the disconnect between government and business at a Trans-Tasman ...

NZ Super Fund settles stake in Kiwibank

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2016
... at $1.05 billion. NZ Super Fund chief executive Adrian Orr said: "Investment opportunities of this size and potential are rare in New Zealand. As a New Zealand investor with a long-term view, strong financial expertise and available capital, the NZ Super ...

The infrastructure benchmark challenge

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
... management industry still has a lot to learn in the infrastructure space. We need sector specific expertise which can be quite rare and expensive. As a result it can be quite labour intensive to manage infrastructure investments and they certainly don't ...

Low rates signify opportunity for reinvesting

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
... consumption are over. "Australia is in transition. Post-2008 Australia had a really positive economic story - one of the rare ones compared to the rest of the globe - but China's consumption continues to lower and iron ore prices will probably remain ...

Capital not enough to prevent failures

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
... failures are inevitable and as a result the regulatory system must be assessed against two benchmarks: are failures sufficiently rare and are there mechanisms in place to handle them adeptly when failures do occur? "To the extent we have failures, orderly ...