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Hastings sell US natural gas terminal for huge profit

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... in line with the firm's global expansion plans. "We continue to evaluate a number of investment opportunities in North America that fit well with Hastings' current and prospective investors' investment portfolios," he said. "We are pleased to have been ...

Frantic pace of alternatives growth revealed

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... wealth funds (6%), banks (3%), funds of funds (3%) and endowments & foundations (3%). For the Top 100 managers, North America continues to be the largest destination for alternative capital (45%), with infrastructure as the only major exception where ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
The Australian market is expected to open higher on Monday as investors prepare for a deluge of profit news from the United States. American investors are heading into the start of the US reporting season in an optimistic mood, with the Dow Jones ending ...

Governor Glenn lets his jaw drop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Glenn Stevens was in Tasmania letting it all rip at the same time that most of us were co-celebrating Dow 17K with our American brethrens on 'Independence Day' eve. On 3 July, Governor Glenn spoke before 'The ...

Independence Day for the US economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... 17.1% back in 2010, the current reading remains far above the 8% rate pre-GFC and even higher than the 10.3% top hit after America's recession in 2001. "Stagnant wages" - you betcha. Average weekly earnings in the private sector came in at 2.0% in the ...

Slow and steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
WOW! Seen the latest ADP private payrolls number last night? The report showed 281,000 Americans found jobs in the private sector in June. This is the biggest monthly addition since the 293K added back in November 2012 and... it beat even the most optimistic ...

So good but for the wrong spin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
The sun is shining, the sky is blue and the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker appears to have celebrated America's 'Independence Day' three-days early. You'd be jingling your bells and singing hallelujah too, Virginia, when you look at what ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
... index has topped 100 since November 2013. GM announced six additional recalls, totalling 8.4 million vehicles in North America, following seven crashes and three fatalities. Locally, in economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) makes ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
The share market is slightly lower as investors wait for more signs on the economy's health. Investors have shrugged off strong leads from the US to take profits as the 2013-14 financial year comes to an end, CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner ...

Henderson set to acquire US fund manager Geneva

MARK SMITH AND AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... to date," the firm said. Henderson chief executive Andrew Formica said the developing the company's presence in North America was "a strategic priority." Geneva co-founder and managing principal Amy Croen explained that the Wisconsin-based firm would ...