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Not-for-profit fund buys StatePlus

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2016
... settlement agreement with the transaction due for completion in June. FSS is reported to have paid $1 billion for the NSW government's financial planning arm. "First State Super and StatePlus are highly compatible organisations," First State Super chief ...

Police super a budget beneficiary

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
More than 16,000 New South Wales police officers will directly benefit from one of the federal government's superannuation measures to be announced in Tuesday's budget. Both federal and NSW governments have agreed to share the costs of an arrangement ...

TCorp lands Hunter Hall chief

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
... in October 2015 and after 10 years in the role to pursue a career in non-executive directorship. Last year the NSW government initiated the amalgamation of the state's funds management activities, making TCorp one of the country's largest fund managers. ...

Pillar privatisation confirmed

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
The NSW Government has confirmed it will sell its superannuation administrator Pillar, ending months of speculation. The state government will invest the proceeds of the privatisation into vital services and infrastructure, NSW Treasurer Gladys Berejiklian ...

PROFILE: SSGA head of Investment Solutions Group Mark Wills

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... explains. His first job in asset management was with New South Wales State Super, the superannuation scheme for NSW government workers. "I learned to do basically what I do now. I ran a balanced portfolio where we had bonds, equities and cash." After ...

Government to invest in fintech security

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... points to growing Government support for Australia's nascent financial technology sector. Further to this, the NSW Government-subsidised Sydney fintech hub, Stone & Chalk, has announced it will be relocating from its original premises at 45 Clarence ...

Australia's coming $32bn SIB sector

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... he released his report that SIBs are well suited to institutional, high net worth and corporate investors. The NSW government is currently running several pilot test programs, he added. SIBs are not without risks, however, as governments require sponsored ...

NSW to receive $2 billion infrastructure incentive

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
The NSW government will receive $2 billion in incentive payments from the Commonwealth for its infrastructure recycling strategy, Treasurer Joe Hockey has announced. Designed to incentivise NSW Premier Mike Baird's plan to lease 49% of the state's electricity ...

Industry seizes China FTA opportunities

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
... its investor base, and one option on the table is the possibility of RMB-denominated bonds being issued by the NSW Government in the future." The Financial Services Council, which in recent months has made the exporting of Australian financial services ...

QBE to invest $100 million in social benefit bonds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... grow economic as well as social value." New South Wales Treasurer Andrew Constance also spoke at the launch. The NSW government was instrumental in the creation of two social benefit bond issuances in Australia, and Constance confirmed the government's ...