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The Infrastructure Fund reaches into Europe

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
The Infrastructure Fund (TIF) has taken a 7.5% stake in UK rail freight leasing company Porterbrook Rail Finance. The move is part of the broader investment strategy for TIF, overseen by trustee The Private Capital Group Pty Ltd (TPCG), to create a ...

Cbus sacks alleged leaker, plans governance review

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
The Cbus employee allegedly responsible for leaking member information to the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) has been sacked, according to Cbus chief executive David Atkin. Appearing at a hearing for the Royal Commission into ...

Australian Unity adds Townsville property to healthcare fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
Australian Unity Real Estate Investment (AUREI) has added a $5.5 million property in Townsville, Queensland, to its Healthcare Property Trust. The property is an office building that AUREI is proposing to convert into a 60 bed mental health hospital. ...

CBA 'open-minded' about Bitcoin

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) chief executive Ian Narev has countered the notion that the banking sector is "oblivious" to Bitcoin. Speaking at an event hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce in Sydney this week, Narev said the bank is open-minded about ...

BT grows life insurance team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
BT has made two additions to the executive team of its insurance business, one from MLC and one from Suncorp Life. Former MLC national insurance manager Russell Hannah is BT's new regional manager for New South Wales and the ACT. He will lead the business ...

Remove adviser double tax: AFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  SUNDAY, 12 OCT 2014
Self-employed financial advisers licensed through a dealer group risk being taxed twice under the current state payroll tax, the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) told delegates at its annual conference in Cairns. The AFA will lobby for an exemption ...

New masters of universe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
Looks like Halloween has come early to Wall Street. Equity indices fell -- big time -- on 'The Street' right at the stroke of October. The Dow's down 1.4% (with Transport down 2.5%); the S&P 500 fell 1.3%; the Nasdaq's off 1.6% and the Russell 2000's ...

Super funds launch mental-illness claims benchmark

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
Industry fund-sponsored organisation SuperFriend has today released detailed quantitative research on mental illness-related claims through group insurance, a project it has called the Super Mental Illness National Data (SuperMIND) Project. The research ...

Trilogy Funds makes $9m property investment

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... Funds' latest fund, the Ravenhall Office Trust. The property is leased to four tenants with a Weighted Average Lease Expiry (WALE) by area of 7.27 years. Over 70% of the Ravenhall building is leased until 2023 to the Costa group, Australia's largest ...

Netwealth grows distribution team with new hires

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
Record flows from independent financial advice firms have driven growth in netwealth's distribution team, which has recently added five senior positions. Paul Yates and Carine Grassy will be based in Sydney and servicing New South Wales and the Australian ...