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Industry fund backs US toll road

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
... co-investment in a US toll road will become an industry superannuation fund's second largest infrastructure exposure after Port Botany and Port Kembla in New South Wales. Cbus has announced an investment of $140 million in the Indiana Toll Road (ITR) ...

FEATURE: The infrastructure love story

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... audit generally asks, who is going to fund Australia's growth? Hanna says IFM's existing portfolio, which includes Port Botany, Port of Brisbane, Melbourne Airport, Brisbane Airport, and Darwin Airport, are growth assets that will require reasonably ...

FEATURE: The new financiers of infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
... provide an illiquidity premium for investors who can afford to lock their money away. Transactions like the purchase of Ports Botany, Kembla and Newcastle - all bought by consortiums of super funds - have made the headlines in the last 18 months, while ...

Baird premiership represents infra opportunity: ISA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... developing innovative infrastructure financing arrangements, most recently through using the proceeds of the sale of Port Botany and Port Kembla to a consortium of Industry SuperFunds, to finance the first stage of Westconnex and Pacific Highway upgrades." ...

Would Baird premiership mean 'poles and wires' sale?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
... more infrastructure investment opportunities. As treasurer, Baird has overseen the sale of two major ports - Kembla and Botany - and the process is underway for the sale of a third, Newcastle. Industry super funds bought Port Botany, largely through ...

Infrastructure key in battle against SMSF exodus

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
... the issue. Another stumbling block is around privatisation. While the privatisation of assets such as ports (e.g. Port Botany, which IFM Investors now owns) has been relatively uncontroversial, the privatisation of social infrastructure such as hospitals ...

Baird proposes tax changes for NSW infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013
... traffic flow which have plagued similar projects in Brisbane and Melbourne. Baird also talked about past sale of Ports Botany and Kembla, and the planned sale of assets such as electricity generators - which are already on the market - and the Port of ...

Infrastructure debt 'not that scary': AusSuper chair

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2013
... new projects. "It's not the business of AustralianSuper to get into taking on construction risk, and that's why the Port Botany one was a very good one," Ridout said. The tender for Port Botany was won by Industry Funds Management (IFM), a consortium ...

International pension funds battle for Aussie infra

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
... safe to say "competition for quality assets will be intense." Cannane cited the fierce competition over the sale of Port Botany - won by Industry Funds Management (IFM) - as an example. Competition in the upcoming sale of Port of Newcastle is likely ...

IFM's FUM surges by 34% on global support

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
... has also deployed over $3 billion in infrastructure equity through two transactions - Manchester Airport Group and Ports Botany and Kembla. IFM also increased its existing stakes in Melbourne and Northern Territory airports. IFM's Australian Infrastructure ...