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The $17trn infra opportunity investors have overlooked

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... infrastructure assets without compromising their environmental, social and governance criteria should consider an investment in water equities. That's the opinion of Kleinwort Benson Investors, a fund manager with a 14 year history investing in the asset ...

UK govt tempts super funds with real estate projects

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... construction of the new high speed international rail terminal at Curzon Street Station in Birmingham; the development of Liverpool Water - the city's historic docklands site; a Centre for Advanced Knowledge and Engineering in Norfolk; a waterfront luxury ...

Lead us not into a recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... what our neighbours do is out of the Gov Glenn's hands. Besides, and to paraphrase the good Gov, the horse he has led to water but drink he cannot make them. The latest National Accounts attests to this. Private investment subtracted 0.1pp to second ...

August angst to September mourn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
For a while there last week, it seemed the financial market storm has come and gone... and it was safe to go back into the risk waters. Financial markets are again in upheaval and fear is once more on the rise - the VIX index spiked 10.5% overnight ...

Super fund goes nuts for returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... agricultural investment to be the last. First State Super was advised in the transaction by Lander & Rogers Lawyers and Blue Sky Water Partners, a division of Blue Sky Alternative Investments. Select Harvests was advised by PPB Advisory and Minter El ...

Senate inquiry into gender retirement income gap launched

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
Issues around Australia's gender retirement income gap are expected to be reviewed by March next year after the Senate was instructed to conduct an inquiry yesterday. A cross-party motion by Senators Jenny McAllister (Labor), Sean Edwards (Liberal) ...

Water, water everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
Super Thursday. This is the term coined for the Bank of England's (BOE) data dump - announcing the monetary policy committee's (MPC) decision on interest rates, the MPC meeting minutes that led to the decision and the quarterly inflation report all ...

Executive appointment round-up

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... appointed managing director retail distribution at ANZ. ASFA appoints independent chair - Dr. Michael Easson, chair of Icon Water, Actew AGL and EG Funds Management, will replace Jim Minto as chair of The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia. ...

ASFA appoints independent chair

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... ASFA Director since November 2009. He will be replaced by Dr Michael Easson from 31 July. Easson is currently chair of Icon Water, ActewAGL and EG Funds Management. He was a former non-executive director of State Super, Asset Super, and Chifley Financial ...

Perth toll road an opportunity for super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... without an increase in both public and private funding of infrastructure, and market reforms to strengthen the transport and water sectors, "we won't have the infrastructure that a growing population and our globally-focused economy deserve." According ...