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Aust needs better PPP infra structures: Greiner

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
Canadian pension funds' aggressive appetite for Australian infrastructure assets is indicative of the failure of Australian governments to structure deals in a way suitable for local super funds. Nick Greiner, chairman of Infrastructure NSW, said yesterday ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... per cent, to $30.96 and Rio was 89.5 cents, or 1.59 per cent, lower at $55.205. Among the major banks, National Australia Bank was two cents poorer at $23.53, ANZ gave away 12 cents to $22.22 but Commonwealth Bank gained four cents to $53.48 while Westpac ...

Uncertainly good or bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... Spain, with an initial downpayment of a,-30 billion disbursed by the end of July. Yippee! And this would go straight towards bank recapitalisation and not via the Spanish government's balance sheet. Double yippee! Wait there's more. They gave Madrid ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... release the housing finance for May while the Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment is due out. Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor Philip Lowe is due to speak on on financial regulation and the future of banking at the 41st ...

Dutch pension fund files against GSAM

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... 2008 the fund lost 14% of its value, which was 5.4 percentage points below the Goldman Sachs benchmark. The Dutch Central Bank (DNB), which regulates pension funds, requires they hold 105% of assets needed to pay current and future liabilities, although ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... Billiton was 25 cents up to $31.73 and Rio Tinto had lifted by 45 cents to $56.99. Among the major banks, the National Australia Bank was seven cents poorer at $23.60, ANZ gave away 8.5 cents to $22.415 and Commonwealth Bank surrendered 23 cents to $53.55,. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... June share price index futures contract was up five points at 4,095. In economic news on Tuesday, the National Australia Bank's monthly business survey for June is due out. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Monday closed ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... release of US employment figures. "The eyes of the world are looking firmly at the US tonight after the ECB (European Central Bank), the PBOC (People's Bank of China) and the Bank of England all came out with some sort of concerted co-ordinated easing," ...

ASIC uncovers investment scam

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... license. According to ASIC, the companies used cold calling and a website to induce investors to deposit funds into a number of bank accounts held in the names of the accused companies, with the promise that the funds would used to buy shares on behalf ...

Two cuts and a top up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012