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Sydney set to become China share trading hub

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
Sydney's time zone could see it become a hub for processing trades via the cross border trading link connecting Shanghai and Hong Kong, according to Omgeo executive director of industry relations Tony Freeman. The Shanghai Hong Kong Stock Connect scheme ...

Conditions and confidence collide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
"Clearly the most surprising feature of the Survey was the sharp jump in business conditions in October (the largest monthly increase in the history of the survey)." This was the first sentence in the 'Key Points' of the NAB Monthly Business Survey ...

Shanghai-HK Connect connects China to the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
hanghai and Hong Kong's equity markets stood out yesterday. The Shanghai composite index surged by 2.3% and the Hang Seng index gained more than 0.8% despite renewed anxiety over a China slowdown ignited by price data showing that consumer price inflation ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following a positive lead from Wall Street. At 0823 AEST on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 13 points at 5,553. In local economic news on Tuesday, the Australian Bureau of ...

SSgA warns of equity market complacency

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
The head of State Street Global Advisors' (SSgA) top performing Australian equity team has warned investors against complacency as the fund manager's flagship Active Australian Equities Fund celebrates its fifth anniversary. SSgA Asia-Pacific head of ...

Ruble trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
Chances are there won't be any "shirt-fronting" happening in Beijing when Prime Minister Tony Abbott faces-off with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing this week. Tony doesn't have to, Russia's very own central bank have done it for him days ...

AMP debt fund beats target with US$1.1 billion final close

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
More than 50 investors from eight countries have invested in AMP Capital's Infrastructure Debt Fund II (IDF II), which completed its final close, raising US$1.1 billion during its fundraising period. Investors came from countries including the US, the ...

100% steady on the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
It's that time of the year again folks, the first Tuesday of November, when the "Race that Stops the Nation' - the Melbourne Cup - meets with the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) monetary policy decision. I have lived in Australia (and Melbourne, at ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower in a likely quiet day of trade on Melbourne Cup day and following poor performances on international markets. At 0845 AEST on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was down three points ...

The Infrastructure Fund reaches into Europe

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
The Infrastructure Fund (TIF) has taken a 7.5% stake in UK rail freight leasing company Porterbrook Rail Finance. The move is part of the broader investment strategy for TIF, overseen by trustee The Private Capital Group Pty Ltd (TPCG), to create a ...