Infrastructure gains support
GLOBAL - PGGM, the Canadian Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) and Retirement Benefits Fund Board of Tasmania (RBF) have committed to infrastructure in two separate deals led by Australian consortia.
Hobart International Airport has been bought outright by a consortium headed by Macquarie Group for AUS$350.5m (US$308.6m). RBF, the largest public sector pension fund in Tasmania, said: "This investment...
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