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Baird premiership represents infra opportunity: ISA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... Industry Super Australia (ISA) has welcomed Mike Baird's rise to the role of New South Wales premier, saying it represents a "major opportunity" to progress infrastructure projects in the state. ISA, which lobbies on behalf of five of Australia's largest ...

Portfolio disclosure's unintended consequences

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
Stronger Super's portfolio disclosure rules present major challenges to super funds investing in private markets, not because the investments are opaque but because portfolio disclosure could require them to disclose their intentions about future transactions. ...

Would Baird premiership mean 'poles and wires' sale?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
... 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 for the sale of a third, Newcastle. Industry super funds bought Port ...

Challenger backs $4bn global infrastructure business

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
... director-designate and Challenger executive Phil Peters said. "The world's retirement savings funds will continue to be a major source of private funding for this asset class, particularly as members move into the pension phase which requires long-term ...

CBA integrates online business banking with MySuper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has taken its campaign to become a major player in employer superannuation up a notch, integrating its business banking services and MySuper product on its online banking tool, NetBank. The integration of the two ...

FSC lobbies against super "7 year gap"

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
The Financial Services Council (FSC) chief executive John Brogden has asked for superannuation access age to be lifted, to close the "seven year gap" with the pension age. "There is a 7 year gap between the age you can access your superannuation and ...

Challenger sees sustained interest in lifetime annuities

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
Challenger has continued to grow its lifetime annuities business, with sales more than doubling in the first quarter of 2014 compared to the prior corresponding period (PCP). Overall, Challenger Life's annuity sales - including lifetime and fixed annuities ...

Treasury Group buys ex-Macquarie boutique

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
Treasury Group is set to invest in Australian and Asian private equity investment and advice firm ROC Partners, which was formed after a management buyout of the business from Macquarie group. ROC is majority owned by its management team and specialises ...

AIA Australia launches daily risk information for planners

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
... application and policy information from AIA Australia. The automatic data feed will be progressively rolled out to other major planning software providers over the coming months. The automatic data feed will remove the need to manually enter updates ...

Premium increases boost life risk inflows 11.5%

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
Overall life insurance risk market inflows increased by 11.5% during 2013, following major retail and group insurers' decision to increase premiums rates to face the industry's challenges. Total inflows were $12,796.6 million for the year ended December ...