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Consortium buys Challenger Infrastructure Fund assets

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
Challenger Infrastructure Fund has sold half of its asset base for $A286.79 million to a consortium which includes Australian super funds and a Dutch pension fund. Challenger Infrastructure Fund (CIF) has entered into a binding sale agreement for its ...

Macquarie wins Philippines infra mandate

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2012
Macquarie Group has won a mandate to manage a $582 million infrastructure fund for the Philippines government. Macquarie's Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) fund will be responsible for managing the Philippine Investment Alliance for Infrastructure ...

AMP Capital buys into SA schools project

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... middle, secondary, special education schools and child care centres, made on behalf of AMP Capital's Community Infrastructure Fund and Core Infrastructure Fund. "As governments grapple with a reduced tax base, they are increasingly turning to the private ...

Hastings consortium snaps up de-sal plant

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
... government will use funds to repay debt associated with the site, with $300 million to go to the Restart NSW infrastructure fund, expected to get a further boost when a similar deal is finalised covering Port Botany. "This frees up much-needed funds ...

Report questions infra investment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
A study debunking the theory of infrastructure underinvestment in NSW has highlighted the gap between inefficiencies in public sector funding and private sector finance levels. An audit report commissioned by the Premier Barry O'Farrell found NSW infrastructure ...

Future Fund builds Aust infra exposure

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
... to hold 6.78% as the fund continues its build its exposure in Australian infrastructure. Purchased through infrastructure fund manager RARE Infrastructure, the Future Fund confirmed to Financial Standard that it had been building its holding in Transurban ...

Macquarie outlook mixed, annuities solid

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
Macquarie Group's annuity-style businesses are expected to return 20% higher net profit contribution for FY12 on last year's results, yet not all results were positive as the firm released its moderate outlook and plans for a share buyback. In an update ...

Investment the way of the future, says ANZ chief economist

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
The demise of Europe, the rapid incline of Chinese growth and where Australia stands in all of this, were key topics of discussion for economists at the ASFA conference. According to Mark Thirlwell, director of international economy program, Lowy Institute ...

AMP Capital scores 1 billion euro Irish mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
Irish Life Investment Managers has appointed AMP Capital as investment manager of its new infrastructure fund seeking up to 1 billion euro from global and Irish institutional investors, with the National Pensions Reserve Fund already committing 250 ...

Govt infra paper opens investment doors

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
The Government has announced plans to remove tax disincentives and encourage more private investment in infrastructure projects in a bid to entice investments into the local market. As stated in a discussion paper on the 2011-12 Budget measure introducing ...