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Antin raises $1.5bn

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
Antin Infrastructure Partners has reached its final closing on 30 September, raising $1.57 billion and exceeding its $1.4 billion target. Alain Rauscher, chief executive and managing partner, said the fund raising was initiated at the beginning of 2009 ...

Align preservation and retirement age: DoFD

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
... slowdown the need for the reforms or lessen their severity. "Despite reforms to increase self-funding of retirement (such as raising the superannuation guarantee to 12 per cent by 2019-20), the current retirement income system will become increasingly ...

Australia's big bro

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
... reasons why despite the central banks of the larger economies of the US, Japan and Europe are still far from contemplating raising interest rates, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has already lifted the official cash rate six time from 3.0 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2010
... Tinto sagged 18 cents at $77.08. Securities in coal explorer Coalspur Mines were in a trading halt ahead of a capital raising. Coalspur last traded at 92.5 cents. Australia's biggest gold miner, Newcrest Mining, descended 34 cents to $39.66 as it signed ...

Watching the A$ watch the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
... narrowing interest rates differential with the US (and Europe). Hey, wait for a moment! How could the Fed and the ECB be raising interest rates if the global economy - primarily their economies - is slowing? What's Bloomberg's point? Is it trying to ...

Investec eyes aircraft leasing market

NEWS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... to exploit the burgeoning demand for alternative assets, Investec Global Aircraft Fund launched an open-ended capital raising yesterday and appointed a former senior Qantas executive to its investment committee. Investec said it was seeking funds from ...

ACCC opposes NAB/AXA merger

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... regulator has again opposed National Australia Bank's proposal to buy AXA Asia Pacific after reviewing the bank's revised bid, raising the chances of AXA AP's other suitor, AMP. Peter Kell, deputy chairman of the ACCC, said the proposed undertaking by ...

SMSF advisers back FOFA call to upskill

SPAA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
More than 90 per cent of SMSF advisers support raising competency levels through the proposed Future of Financial Advice Reforms - while 6 out of 10 advisers agree SMSF auditors should be registered with ASIC, new research shows. According to the 2010 ...

SEC charges New Jersey with fraud

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
... they were adequately funded. The state masked the fact that it was unable to make contributions to TPAF and PERS without raising taxes, cutting other services or otherwise affecting its budget. As a result, investors were not provided adequate information ...

Glum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
... around 80 per cent of US companies in the S&P 500 reported second quarter earnings that topped expectations with many raising their earnings guidance for the coming year. It doesn't matter that these companies are using these wads of cash to acquire ...