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Financial services leading Australian M&A

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
Law firm Pitcher Partners believes financial services and professional services will continue to lead mid-market merger and acquisition deals for the remainder of 2016. In the second issue of its Dealmakers report, Pitcher Partners said M&A deals in ...

Industry bodies attack SG freeze speculation

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
Associations representing the superannuation industry have railed against speculation the government is considering freezing scheduled increases to the super guarantee (SG). The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said the move would ...

Support to recycle Queensland assets

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016
... arrangement. "The NSW state government will net $7 billion, assisting their $20 billion infrastructure program earmarked for new rail lines and roads," Behrens said. "And NSW is eligible for the federal government's 15% incentive payment under the National ...

Funds SA chair departs

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... successive Treasurers with whom she had worked over the 15 years. Dr Nugent is currently chairman of Veda Group and the Australian Rail Track Corporation, as well as being a non-executive director of Origin Energy.

APRA debates whether "to model or not to model"

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015
Internal risk models for financial institutions are still useful so long as industry isn't "seduced by the science," according to APRA chair Wayne Byres. Speaking at the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) Global Risk Forum in Hong Kong ...

China stimulates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
It couldn't have come soon enough. Hopes that China's powers-that-are would counter the slowdown in their economy with more stimulus measures - any stimulus measure - just turned into reality. Yes folks, Beijing's topping up last month's monetary policy ...

UK govt tempts super funds with real estate projects

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... projects both in London and in regional centres. Specifically they include the construction of the new high speed international rail terminal at Curzon Street Station in Birmingham; the development of Liverpool Water - the city's historic docklands site ...

AMP Capital takes majority stake in Angel Trains

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
... ownership of Angel Trains has increased to 30%. Angel Trains was established in 1994 and leases around 4,500 locomotives to 19 rail companies in the UK. "I am delighted to have secured a majority stake in Angel Trains, one of the UK's leading train leasing ...

VFMC appoints former AustralianSuper chair

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... chair of the Victorian WorkCover Authority, director of the Victorian Transport Accident Commission, chair of the Victorian Rail Track Corporation (VicTrack) and director of Industry Super Property Trust.

ANALYSIS: The dragon in the room

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
Foreign investors can access China through an increasing number of channels. A-shares, H-shares and government bonds are the talk of the town in the world's buzziest financial districts. But there are still risks when investing in such a complex and ...