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AMP Capital wins UK pension fund mandate

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011

Sunsuper appoints State Street as custodian

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
State Street Global Services has landed the role of custodian for $18 billion super fund, Sunsuper and will provide solutions and investment servicing for the local market. After around nine months of due diligence, State Street will now provide a suite ...

ASFA: Retirement costs on the rise

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... rising 5.2%. Electricity costs rose on average by 7.8%, reflecting substantial price increases in a number of states. Transport costs were little different between the quarters with an increase in the cost of motor vehicle servicing offset by a fall ...

Legg Mason appoints Senior Research Analyst

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
... infrastructure analyst with Austock. In 2010 Chambers was rated 2nd in Thomson Reuters' 'StarMine Analyst Awards' for Transport Infrastructure Earnings Accuracy. Prior to Austock, Andrew was associate director project finance at Societe Generale Australia ...

Union members an industry fund minority

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
... unionised sectors are education with 40% union membership, followed by utilities on 38%, government administration on 34%, transport on 30%, health on 27%, mining on 22% and construction on 18%. Sub-sectors within these grouping can, however, report ...

Infra transport spending to jump 123%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011
Australian transport infrastructure spending is tipped to more than double to $41 billion over the next decade, but that is still only an estimated 6% of the nation's infrastructure backlog. Property specialists CBRE have just released a report detailing ...

DHS to takeover early super release on compassionate grounds

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
... mental disturbance, where the treatment is not readily available through the public health system or health insurance; transport to access medical treatment for any of the medical conditions listed above modifications to a home or motor vehicle to accommodate ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
... industrial disquiet on several fronts. The airline says the industrial action taken by the licensed engineers', pilots' and Transport Workers' unions has cost it $68 million. Qantas opened up two cents, at $1.59, and stayed there during morning trade. ...

Govt infra paper opens investment doors

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
... of ownership test and the same business test. Assistant Treasurer, Bill Shorten and Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Anthony Albanese, said the move will especially benefit super funds. "The proposed changes will allow investors to more easily ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
... after the airline said it was too late to scrap contingency plans it had put in place for expected work stoppages. The Transport Workers' Union (TWU) late on Thursday called off its action planned for Friday. Qantas had cancelled 17 flights and delayed ...