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QIC takes stake in East West Link PPP

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
... and it will cater for around 80,000 on opening, rising to 100,000-120,000 by 2031. QIC head of global infrastructure Ross Israel said: "QIC Global Infrastructure, on behalf of its clients, is delighted to be part of the winning consortium for East West ...

Get ready for activist members, super funds told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
... involved 100 pro-Palestinian protesters calling for the NZ Super Fund to divest all holdings in companies that had links to Israel. She said that environmental and social protesters tend not to distinguish between company management, boards and shareholders ...

Fear me not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... the 17.03 read reached on the 1st of August when the markets faced the sum of all its fears - Argentina default, Putin, Israel, Iraq, slow growth in China, faster growth in the US that could prompt earlier rate hike by the Fed - that instigated speculation ...

Humanitarian you, humanitarian me too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... was considering the possibility of sending a humanitarian mission to the eastern city of Luhansk". The very same day that Israel and Palestine ceased their ceasefire. I wonder, wonder who's gonna play humanitarian there? So are the US/EU and Russia ready ...

US bond market says not yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... (again), there's Portugal and Banco Espiritu Santo (again), there's increased geo-political risks - Putin and the Ukraine, Israel and Hamas, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, etc - and rising volatility, there's the IMF "advising" China to slow its economic growth ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
... economic news on Monday, Business Council of Australia president Catherine Livingstone is scheduled to speak at Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce lunch in Sydney. In major equities news, ANZ chairman David Gonski and other business leaders are slated ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
... to cooperate with an international probe into the disaster. Meanwhile, the death toll continued to rise in Gaza, where Israel has undertaken a ground assault against Hamas. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets have fallen for a third day, weighed down ...

Down one day, dip buying the next

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... next day before dropping big time on the 17th - the day civilian aircraft Malaysian MH17 was shot down over Ukraine and Israel sent ground troops and tanks into Gaza. The S&P 500 closed 1.2% down. The international community was still coming to terms ...

Life's a bargain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
... flight MH17 might push that turns into shove that prompts NATO to sanction a military intervention in the Ukraine. But Israel waits not for NATO. It has reportedly sent ground troops and tanks into Gaza. It didn't faze financial markets over the past ...

ATO closing in on undisclosed offshore income

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... initiative as taxpayers get their affairs in order. Most people getting in touch with us are reporting accounts in Switzerland, Israel, Lichtenstein, the Netherlands, South Africa and Hong Kong, so we'll obviously be looking closely at flow of funds ...