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No difference between retail and insto: RARE

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... The distinction between retail and institutional investors is particularly pertinent in the world of infrastructure investment, which has traditionally been the domain of large instos. However, organisations like RARE, who specialise in listed infrastructure ...

Abbott eyes Canadian pension money

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has encouraged Canadian pension funds to invest in Australian infrastructure. Speaking alongside Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Ottawa, Abbott said he wanted to see more Canadian investment in Australia. "I know ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... latest edition of Financial Standard we look at the remaining roadblocks that may be blocking the path to infrastructure investment. We also investigate what the merger between IOOF and SFG Australia means for the financial services industry, speak to ...

Budget forces advisers to rethink tax, retirement strategies

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... said. He also noted self-managed super fund (SMSF) advisers should look at the government's focus on infrastructure investment. "SMSF advisers have a real market opportunity for their clients to improve their access to infrastructure investment," Fox ...

Pension age to rise 70 by 2035

JAMES FERNYHOUGH AND AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... budget, with the government announcing a $11.6 billion Infrastructure Growth Package, "to boost total infrastructure investment by Commonwealth, State and local governments, as well as the private sector, to over $125 billion by 2019-20." An Asset Recycling ...

AustralianSuper consortium picks up QLD motorways for $7bn

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
... investing in infrastructure. "Further, this investment is in keeping with AustralianSuper's preference for infrastructure investment which involves established assets that deliver a steady rate of income, over a long time horizon." AustralianSuper head ...

Would Baird premiership mean 'poles and wires' sale?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
... for super funds, which have consistently called for federal and state governments to facilitate more infrastructure investment opportunities. As treasurer, Baird has overseen the sale of two major ports - Kembla and Botany - and the process is underway ...

Challenger backs $4bn global infrastructure business

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
Challenger and Access Capital Advisers (ACA) are set to merge their infrastructure investment operations into a $4 billion boutique infrastructure business called Whitehelm Capital. The new business will start operating on July 1, 2014, with 48 employees ...

SMSFs want access to infrastructure and corporate bonds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... SMSFs are extremely limited in investing directly in infrastructure due to the high dollar threshold for infrastructure investment and the illiquid nature of the required investment. SPAA believes that addressing these liquidity issues and removing administrative ...

RBA questions super fund infra investment

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has questioned the role of superannuation funds boosting funding for infrastructure investment, saying that it is not appropriate to mandate funds to invest in assets to meet "broader national objectives." In its submission ...