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IFM warns against foreign ownership of infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... Australian asset privatisations could take place before the end of this decade and that an additional $50 billion worth of PPP projects will commence before 2020. As a solution to super funds' relative aversion to illiquid assets, IFM recommended a number ...

AIA Vitality available on platforms

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
AIA Vitality program is available with Priority Protection from Platform Investors (PPPI) policies on several platforms. The program can be purchased through Asgard, HUB24, LifeFocus, Personal Choice Private, PowerWrap, Portfolio Care and netwealth. ...

'Weaven model' would get best infra deals: IFM

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... finance, construction and facilities providers separately, would ensure the best bid for each service won. "Under the current PPP arrangements, you have multiple competing consortiums bidding for a transaction," he said. "Governments have been very focused ...

Calls for Sinodinos to "step aside" amid ICAC allegations

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... promise of a further 2.5% of the share capital in the event that the government approved an AWH public private partnership (PPP) proposal. "It's quite transparent that Mr Sinodinos' true role in Australian Water Holdings was to open lines of communication ...

Indonesia VP attends Melb investor forum

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
... billion in new infrastructure across 56 planned projects, almost 60% of which are intended to be public-private partnerships (PPP). "We want the PPP scheme to dominate the development projects," chief economic minister Hatta Rajasa told Reuters. There ...

Super fund sells hospital to government

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
... Victorian Government after 13 years of investment in the project. Since 2000, MDH has been under a public private partnership (PPP) arrangement, comprising the Victorian Government, MTAA Super and Ramsay Health Care. Now the hospital is wholly owned ...

AMP buys into QLD school build project

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013

States could learn from Baird's infrastructure model: ISN

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... follow NSW's lead. So far, state governments have responded "quite positively" to the ISN's overtures. "They recognise the PPP [public-private partnership] structures don't work going forward. It's obvious they're exploring new ways to invest in infrastructure," ...

More innovation needed on 'demand side' infra opps: ASFA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... The issues and constraints in terms of the certainty of a national project pipeline in addition to the current structure of PPP deals are oft-cited concerns for the long-term investment community. Demand side solutions however should be on the table ...

Cash in on overseas asset offload

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... Replacing these banks as the originator of loans, for mortgages on commercial property, loans on maritime assets, power plants and PPP social infrastructure are viable alternative investments, which can diversify portfolios and hedge against inflation ...