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Infra posts 18 pct returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
Unlisted infrastructure returned 18% post fees in the 12 months to end September, outperforming all other asset classes except for global equities and so demonstrated its countercyclical credentials. The results are contained in a new index released ...

HOSTPLUS to launch lifecycle option

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... Fund, this will give the SMSF sector access to some assets quite unique to HOSTPLUS - for example the unlisted infrastructure. I think we've got a very compelling offering there." Elia also gave an update on the progress of Sydney's International Convention ...

HOSTPLUS nearly ready for SMSF infra investments

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
... will allow SMSF investors to take advantage of HOSTPLUS' scale as an institutional investor to access unlisted infrastructure investments. "The infrastructure option is ready to go," Sicilia told Financial Standard. "However, to attract SMSFs into HOSTPLUS ...

No difference between retail and insto: RARE

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... necessarily work the other way round." However he did not discuss the impediments to retail investors accessing unlisted infrastructure, which normally requires huge lump sum investments and the willingness to accept very low levels of liquidity. While ...

New infrastructure fund for SMSFs launches

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
... A new fund dedicated to providing self-managed super funds and high net worth investors with access to unlisted infrastructure has been launched. Chaired by Pacific Hydro director Geoff Coffey, the Infrastructure Partners Investment Fund (IPIF) is a ...

AMP Capital appoints London-based institutional director

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
... Capital's UCITS (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities) platform and for its unlisted infrastructure business. She will work with clients such as pension funds, insurers, private banks and multi managers. Campbell joins AMP ...

CFSGAM wins VicSuper infra mandate

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014
... VicSuper chief investment officer Oscar Fabian said that, while the fund likes the illiquidity premium of unlisted infrastructure, the growing interest in the asset class from institutional investors is making it a "crowded trade". He said the move into ...

Record dry powder levels in unlisted infra funds

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2013
Unlisted infrastructure funds worldwide have a record combined total of $93 billion in dry powder primed to invest in infrastructure assets, according to alternatives researcher Preqin. The figure represents a 33% increase compared to the $70 billion ...

Institutional investors to lift infra assets

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2013
... appetite from pension funds and other institutional investors translate into increased fundraising for unlisted infrastructure funds, and we expect to see further growth in the amount of institutional capital being put to work in infrastructure development ...

Super fund mergers pose capacity problem

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... are able to mitigate capacity constraints by putting their huge assets under management to work in giant unlisted infrastructure and real estate investments, second tier super funds are less flexible. Too small to invest in the largest real assets and ...