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China vaccinates against corona

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... Republic of China's politburo and central bank got going. Apart from the government's drastic action at quarantining cities and regions infected by the virus, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) cut its benchmark one-year loan prime rate (LPR) ...

AustralianSuper, QIC back investment manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
... AP2, who share our vision and values and are excited to support us in scaling sustainable infrastructure solutions." "As cities, municipalities and corporations increasingly prioritize the undeniable economic benefits of sustainability and decarbonisation ...

First State Super acquires rental properties

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... housing affordability issues many of our members and other key workers who care for and protect our community, face in cities such as Sydney and Melbourne," Stewart said. "We made our first pilot investment in key worker affordable rental housing in ...

US firm makes second bid for Aussie fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... diversified portfolio of nine office properties located across Australian metropolitan and CBD markets in most capital cities. Starwood Capital is a Miami-based investment firm which currently holds around US$60 billion in assets under management.

Sydney beats Dubai on most expensive cities list

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
Sydney is more expensive than Dubai and has the world's priciest business class flights but best-value luxury shopping, says a new report. Sydney came in as the 15th most expensive city in the world, ahead of Dubai at 17 in the Julius Bar's ...

Global firm appoints Australia chief

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2019
... specialises in institutional trading, investment banking, research and related brokerage services. The firm operates out of 18 cities throughout the US, Europe, Asia and Australia, with more than 600 employees. The global firm has been operating in Sydney ...

Chief economist update: Lower iron ore a boon to the Aussie budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." - Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities. In the case of iron ore prices, it's a tale of two markets this year - a bull market in the first half; a bear market in the second half. Iron ore ...

International investors chase Australian real assets

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
... Australian government. The pipeline and demand for infrastructure will be driven by Australia's growing populations and capital cities and offers investors the chance to participate in some of the world's leading infrastructure projects. "As the hunt ...

Trillionaires around the corner: study

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
... started his career as a technician at a steel factory and now chairs Evergrande Group which has 800 projects in more than 280 cities, according to Forbes. The next two billionaires to graduate to trillionaires will be Jack Ma and Pony Ma. Jack Ma is ...

Government extends FASEA deadlines

KARREN VERGARA, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
... is affordable and helps them make good financial decisions," Hume said. The exam is currently only available in capital cities and will not be available in regional areas until September 2019. In light of this, Senator Hume said the exam extension will ...