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Industry super fund expands impact investment strategy

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2017
... fund is expanding its impact investment strategy to companies operating in Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia with a new global partnership. Christian Super will make an investment in the TriLinc Global Impact Fund (TGIF) - a fund which ...

Macquarie Infrastructure buys rail business

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
... shipments from some of the premier steam coal mines in the world, serving end users in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Southeast Asia. Furthermore, we believe that our partnership with a world class Australian infrastructure investor in MIRA will enable ...

Former ANZ chief executive Mike Smith in new role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
Former ANZ chief executive Mike Smith has been recruited by a major professional services firm for an advisory role. Smith will join PwC Australia to assist with the firm's Asian growth strategy. He has been appointed as a senior advisor, charged with ...

Fidante manager closes $400m industrial water fund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2016
... investment manager. It is the first institutional fund to exclusively target industrial water infrastructure in Europe, Southeast Asia, China, Australia and New Zealand. The goal is to deploy the fund's capital to 10 to 15 water projects and "[deliver] ...

Malaysia drives growth in Shariah funds

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
Support for Shariah-compliant investment funds in Asia is on the rise, particularly in Malaysia and Indonesia, but the sector still face challenges, according to global research house Cerulli Associates. Shariah finance principles forbid the acceptance ...

Bad news day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... six months before). Not only that, the ADB also took it scissors to Indian growth - down to 7.4% from 7.8% -- and Southeast Asia - down to 4.4% from 4.9%. And where the Fed (strong US dollar) and China (weak commodity demand), there surely are lower ...

Executive appointment round-up

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... bank. JP Morgan appoints infrastructure head - Goldman Sachs managing director and head of energy for Australia and Southeast Asia Andrew Sutherland has moved to JP Morgan to become head of energy, infrastructure and utilities, global investment banking ...

JP Morgan appoints infrastructure head

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
... Goldman Sachs's investment banking division, where he was managing director and head of energy for Australia and Southeast Asia. "Andrew's appointment further broadens the reach and leadership strength of our banking team and will contribute to the expansion ...

Government takes aim at corporation tax

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... Hong Kong it is 16.5%. These countries also have the advantage of being geographically on the doorstep of Europe, Southeast Asia and China respectively - advantages which Australia does not have. However, developed nations that, like Australia, rely ...

Survivor: the Philippines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
... whom it may concern". (unknown) The 2004 Boxing Day tsunami that wrought deaths and disaster in 15 countries in Southeast Asia and Africa proved this. Hurricane Katrina that devastated southeastern America in August 2005 proved this. So did the earthquake ...