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LGIAsuper bolsters infrastructure investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
... significant infrastructure investments across the country, with interests in the Sunshine Coast Airport, Gold Coast Light Rail and the North Queensland Gas Pipeline. Most recently, it acquired $101 million of Village Roadshow's theme park land on Queensland's ...

Chief economist update: Build, build, and build some more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
A number of market moving events and economic releases are scheduled for this week - ones that could either preserve or disrupt the status quo. In America, President Donald Trump will deliver his 'State of the Union' address and the Fed meets for the ...

BEAR has 'teeth': Treasurer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
Bank executives and directors who breach their obligations under the Banking Executive Accountability Regime will face much tougher penalties and consequences, Treasurer Scott Morrison warns. Morrison told the Financial Services Council and BT Political ...

Modern Silk Road presents investment jewel

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2017
... of ports, warehouses, and connections to overland transport in strategic locations, and the construction and upgrading of rail-networks. Comprising land and maritime trade routes connecting China with Central Asia, South East Asia, Australia and New ...

AMP Capital grows infrastructure team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... recently an executive director at UK Government Investments, responsible for a number of infrastructure assets such as the rail and highway networks. Prior to that, she spent 15 years at passenger trains and locomotives company Alpha Trains and its predecessor ...

Argo LIC shakes up investment mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
Argo Investments' Argo Global Listed Infrastructure company is seeking shareholder approval to make a key change to its investment mandate. Under the current arrangement, the infrastructure LIC has a possible allocation of up to 20% in fixed income ...

Another Budget, another promised surplus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... transactions and introducing a Skilling Australians Fund levy" - and increased spending mainly on infrastructure (National Rail), Gonski 2.0 and the NDIS. The combination of which, along with other variables of course, will deliver real GDP growth of ...

Infrastructure receives $75 billion boost

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... Whiteley commented. The winners Other infrastructure spend highlighted in the Budget include: The Melbourne to Brisbane Inland Rail receiving an additional $8.4 billion; The establishment a $10 billion National Rail Program to fund priority regional ...

FIIG expands fixed income research team

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... analyst in project and infrastructure finance covering regulated utilities (electricity, gas, water), coal terminals and rail hauliers, PPPs and other esoteric project finance - primarily in Australia and NZ. She joined Moody's in 2007 after three years ...

NAB launches offshore green bond

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
... emissions annually as carbon dioxide equivalents. These include wind and solar energy generation projects, and electrified rail infrastructure including electric rolling stock.