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Agriculture high on industry fund agenda

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
Australian superannuation funds could take the country's agriculture sector to the next level in global competitiveness but they will need help in doing so. Industry Super Australia has published a discussion paper that responds to calls for the $2 ...

Super funds and CEFC join investment forces

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2017
Hostplus, Future Super, Australian Ethical Investment and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation have raised $26 million for the Clean Energy Seed Fund to be run by specialised investment manager Artesian. The fund will invest in startups at seed stage ...

Fund manager appoints new COO

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
Aurora Funds Management, currently embroiled in an ASIC dispute over its voting power in Molopo Energy, has appointed a new chief operating officer. Ben Norman, previously a director in EY's transaction advisory services business, will take on the role ...

IFM Investors and Samsung partner for infrastructure fund

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
An Australian institutional investment manager is partnering with Korea-based Samsung Asset Management to form a global infrastructure debt fund. The US$480 million fund will be jointly managed by IFM Investors and Samsung Asset Management to invest ...

Zurich launches life insurance app

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
Financial advisers will have simplified, direct access to clients' life insurance information via a new app from Zurich. ZLife Mobile, equipped with push notification capability, provides advisers with up-to-date client information on the go and is ...

LGS reinstates responsible investing restrictions

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
Industry superannuation fund Local Government Super is strengthening its commitment to responsible and sustainable investing by reinstating its investment restriction on nuclear energy and uranium industries. LGS removed investment restrictions on certain ...

Infratil sells $237m aged care stake to investment bank

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
Infratil disposed of its 19.91% stake in a leading provider of New Zealand aged care facilities, netting $237.93 million via an off-market block trade. The stake in Metlifecare, sold to New Zealand-based investment bank Forsyth Barr for $5.61 per share ...

Not our job to protect big insurers: APRA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
The rise of peer-to-peer insurance and smaller insurance tech companies should be taken as a warning to established players - and APRA isn't going to protect outdated business models from failing. APRA member and former Suncorp Life chief executive ...

CBA prices inaugural climate bond

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017
Commonwealth Bank priced its first Climate Bond, raising $650 million to fund a range of renewable and low-carbon projects in Australia. Proceeds from the issuance will fund 12 eligible Australian projects, including renewable energy generation through ...

Super trustees need better vigilance: APRA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
APRA's deputy chair Helen Rowell hit out at superannuation trustees who incur "inappropriate expenditures" saying that unnecessary costs negatively affect outcomes for members. Speaking to delegates at the 2017 Conference of Major Super Funds (CMSF) ...