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Manus and Nauru are immoral and risky: super funds

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... said. First State Super is another fund that has reportedly divested from Transfield, but it refused to comment on the issue. QIC, one of Transfield's top 20 shareholders, refused to comment on specific companies and did not confirm if it is considering ...

QSuper announces new chief executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... strategy, including its product and services offering. Previously Pennisi was the managing director of corporate strategy at QIC and held senior roles at QInvest Limited (including as Interim CEO) where he drove a new strategy, advice model and implemented ...

Insto investor acquires $236.6m US property

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
QIC has bought a $236.6 million (US$174.4 million) shopping centre on behalf of a major Australian institutional investor. The acquisition represents QIC's first 100% owned US property and it follows the investor's two-year US real estate joint venture ...

QIC raises $1 billion for infrastructure fund

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
QIC has raised $1 billion in new capital for its unlisted Global Infrastructure Fund (QGIF), reaching roughly 50% of its target. Investors in the fund include Hostplus as well as "an Asian sovereign wealth fund, one of China's leading insurers and two ...

Northern Trust wins UCA mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
... Northern Trust's recent appointment as Mercer custodian, winning a NZ Super fixed income mandate and extended partnership with QIC.

TCorp chief executive resigns

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... TCorp. At $70 billion, TCorp is, according to Rainmaker, Australia's ninth largest investment manager, sitting just behind QIC. Its formation also increases the role of the public sector in the funds management sector as combined with the Future Fund ...

Higher US rates will test investors' nerves: QIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... expected to increase over the coming months, a change that will deliver higher returns, but will also test investors' nerves, QIC said. QIC is anticipating that the term premium, the compensation required by investors for holding long-term debt, will ...

Towers Watson hires senior consultant

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... improvement, and product management. Prior to that he was director of implemented solutions for institutional fund manager QIC, responsible for managing its external manager alpha program.A He spent the early part of his career as a hedge fund manager ...

Government could force QIC to fund Queensland infra

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
The Labor government in Queensland could force QIC to reduce its international and cash exposure to allocate more funds to the State's infrastructure. Queensland Treasurer Curtis Pitt said in his first budget speech that over the next six months the ...

Australian alternatives assets top $250 billion

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
... managers by funds under management are: Macquarie Group, Platinum Asset Management, AMP Capital, IFM Investors, Lend Lease, QIC, Colonial First State Global Asset Management, RARE Infrastructure, Charter Hall and Hastings Funds Management. With total ...