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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 ...

FSC and ISA both claim Federal Court victory

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
Both the Financial Services Council (FSC) and Industry Super Australia (ISA) have claimed a victory in the Federal Court, even though the court's orders essentially uphold the FSC's objections. At the end of Friday's hearing over the composition of ...

Federal Court hears FSC's complaints against FWC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has put its case against the composition of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) Expert Panel to the Federal Court in Sydney this morning. The FSC's counsel put forward three points challenging the current composition ...

FEATURE: Bulldozing the infrastructure roadblocks

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... of dollars to infrastructure development in the budget. But is this enough to get the bulldozers bulldozing? James Fernyhough takes a look at the remaining roadblocks. When in August last year, just before the election, Tony Abbott declared his intentions ...

IFM grows infra debt team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
IFM Investors has expanded its infrastructure debt operations with the appointment of John Carey as investment director of European infrastructure debt. Based in London, Carey will be responsible for the origination, analysis and execution of infrastructure ...

Super sector eyes Qld ports and generators

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
The superannuation sector has welcomed the Queensland government's plan to sell $33.6 billion worth of infrastructure assets, announced in a draft proposal released with the budget on Tuesday. The report flags a number of assets for sale or long-term ...

'Weaven model' would get best infra deals: IFM

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
Infrastructure projects would get better deals on debt finance, construction and facilities management under the inverted bid model recommended by Industry Super Australia (ISA), according to IFM Investors executive director, debt investments Scott ...

Ross signals he will step down from Expert Panel

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
Justice Iain Ross has told the Financials Services Council (FSC) he will step down from the Fair Work Commission (FWC) superannuation Expert Panel if a new expert member is appointed. Ross, who is president of the FWC, made the statement in response ...

Majority of Australians say 'no' to fossil fuel investment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
The vast majority of Australians do not like the idea that their superannuation is invested in fossil fuels, a new survey has found. According to the report, 67% of Australians would choose a superannuation fund that does not invest in fossil fuels ...

AusSuper grants London property mandate

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
AustralianSuper has appointed TIAA Henderson Real Estate (TH Real Estate) to manage its London office property investment strategy. TH Real Estate, which is 60% owned by TIAA-CREF and 40% by Henderson Global Investors, already manages AustralianSuper's ...