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Aust needs better PPP infra structures: Greiner

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... are good reasons why the Canadians are more interested and more competitive," Greiner said. "I don't think the Australian super industry is at fault. I think the problem is with sponsors, who by and large are governments, not putting things up in a way ...

Aus Super hands Orion mandate to Fidelity

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
Australian Super has moved an Australian equities mandate worth $500 million to Fidelity, from Orion Asset Management. An Australian Super spokesperson confirmed the switch but declined to comment on the reasons behind the change which will hand the ...

Aust funds trail world in alternatives

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... compensated for by a much higher weighting to equities, a sector that is currently underperforming and dragging down Australian super fund returns compared to their global peers. Equities drag is even higher for retail funds where their alternatives ...

SMSFs need better access to alternatives: BlueSky

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... strong-performing Harvard Endowment Fund, which has 42% and the Future Fund with 30%. "Over the same time period, Australian super has returned 5.2% per annum, compared with Harvard at 12.9%. The small allocation to alternative assets suggests SMSFs ...

Super funds drive M5 infra investment deal

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
Several superannuation funds will help finance the widening of Sydney's M5 motorway through investment in the road's operator Interlink Roads Pty Ltd. Financial Standard understands that the finance will be provided by AMP capital, Industry Funds management ...

EM specialist enters Australian market

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
UK based emerging and frontier market specialist Advanced Emerging Capital has entered the Australian market to give investors access to alpha boosting small to mid cap firms from these markets. Advanced Emerging Capital specialises in emerging and ...

NSW budget to focus on creating infra deals

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
The New South Wales state budget will tackle the lack of investment opportunities in infrastructure, with the aim of luring funds back from interstate and overseas projects. NSW Treasurer Mike Baird is believed to have brokered a deal with State Super ...

J.P Morgan launches automated fund platform

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
... movements, and can integrate directly with counterparties in the market via industry messaging networks, with several Australian super funds already signed up. The platform is part of the ongoing build-out of J.P. Morgan's global technology platform ...

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 ...

Active risk under spotlight

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... global interest in models to find successful managers with a higher tracking error, according to Dorsey. "Most Australian super funds find that when they look at their global equity portfolio - they might have six managers in that portfolio and they're ...