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Russell launches global infra fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
Russell Investments has launched an Australian dollar-hedged global listed infrastructure fund, ahead of the predicted US$40 trillion of government and private money to go into infrastructure investments around the world in the next 20 years. The new ...

GIC reshuffles top management

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
Singapore-based investment management firm GIC, which has over $100 billion in FUM, has appointed Lim Siong Guan as group president and Tony Tan as chairman of its real estate arm. Richard Hu will retire as chairman of GIC Real Estate Private Limited ...

JV raises $1bn for Indian infrastructure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
... announcement comes after the Planning Commission of India estimates India will need to around A$700 billion in infrastructure investment over the next five years, according to R. Sridharan, State Bank of India managing director. Foreign institutions ...

REST activates growth strategy

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
The $13 billion REST Superannuation fund has made a radical change to its growth and defensive asset allocation split - jumping from 67/33 to today's 78/22 in less than 9 months. According to Damian Hill, chief executive of REST, the fund is increasingly ...

RARE quality found in infrastructure

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
With billions of dollars in GFC stimulus money about to pour into infrastructure projects around the world, knowing how to find the best investment opportunities is crucial. Matt Dell, head of retail distribution for global listed infrastructure manager ...

Instos cool on direct infrastructure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... fund strategies and 53 per cent aren't interested in direct infrastructure projects. Nick Langley, RARE Infrastructure investment director and senior portfolio manager, said institutional investors might be disinterested in direct infrastructure because ...

Infrastructure wins pension funds votes

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
Australian industry superannuation funds might be at the vanguard of unlisted infrastructure investing - but they could soon face stiff competition from their international rivals. According to an OECD report on pension fund investment in infrastructure ...

RARE wins $10m mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
... allocations" via infrastructure investments. "The trustee has reviewed a select group of prospective infrastructure investment managers to determine the most suitable investment vehicle and manager, and recently appointed RARE Infrastructure Limited ...

Private equity crunch

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
Super funds will be forced to revalue their private equity investments as the global financial crisis hits private equity growth on not one but three fronts: business valuation, earnings growth and ability to service debt. Private equity fund of funds ...

AMP Capital appoints infra co-head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
AMP Capital Investors has appointed Xiao Wei as co-head of Infrastructure Asia. Xiao, who will be based in Beijing, will work with Anoop Seth, co-head of Infrastructure Asia based in Mumbai to source infrastructure investments for the new wholesale ...