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Super fund chair appointed to NSW Generations Fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
... billion in the 2018-2019 budget. The NSW government will add funds from the sale of its remaining 49% share in the WestConnex project to the NGF. Separately, NSW Government has created a new chief economist role. Former J.P. Morgan chief economist Stephen ...

Fund manager names new chair

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... ISPT Core Fund. The property within proximity to transport arterials including the M4 motorway, M4/M7 interchange and WestConnex. Earlier this year ISPT appointed a general manager of new business.

Population growth drives real income

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
... priced." In terms of infrastructure deals, the fund is closely following Transurban's participation in the sale of WestConnex and what it means for the firm's exisiting infrastrcuture portfolio.

Infrastructure receives $75 billion boost

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... to build Western Sydney, with an additional $1.5 billion in funding and a $2 billion concessional loan committed to WestConnex. In his speech, Morrison reaffirmed the Government's commitment to expediting the development of the Snowy Hydroelectricity ...

Instos consider Aussie infrastructure plans

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... funding towards 14 of the 15 projects on Infrastructure Australia's Infrastructure Priority List, including Inland Rail, WestConnex in NSW, and the Forrestfield Airport Link in Western Australia. Earlier this week Industry Super Australia hosted The ...

NSW govt promises $60 billion infrastructure spend

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
... Pension Plan. There will also be manifold opportunities for private infrastructure debt providers, including in the WestConnex project. The ambitious package will also require the sale of the sort of assets that institutional investors - and super funds ...

Budget speech 2014 -15

... Shovels will start moving within a matter of months. For example, in New South Wales construction on the $11 billion WestConnex project will start within 18 months. This means 10,000 new jobs. The $18 billion East West Link in Melbourne starts work before ...

Baird premiership represents infra opportunity: ISA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... 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." Linden said he was hopeful that Baird would also consider ISA's 'inverted bid model' for ...

Would Baird premiership mean 'poles and wires' sale?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
... Baird model of selling brownfield infrastructure assets and using the proceeds to fund new infrastructure, such as the WestConnex road, has proved very successful, with federal and state governments talking about it as a model to imitate. However, while ...

Baird proposes tax changes for NSW infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013
... current law, tax revenue from a private company involved, for example, in the future construction and operation of the WestConnex tunnel, would go to the federal government. But Baird believes this is not the fairest system. "This is a difficult process ...