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Quant hedge fund arrives down under

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... events for local practicing and aspirational quants are being held, beginning this weekend. Quantopian is funded by a consortium including Bessemer Venture Partners, Spark Capital and Khosla Ventures. Headquartered in Boston, the firm was conceived as ...

International pension funds buy London City airport

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
... Authority have won the takeover battle for London City airport with an offer of about £2 billion ($3.9 billion). A consortium made up of Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP), Borealis, AIMCo and Wren House, an infrastructure investment vehicle owned ...

Support to recycle Queensland assets

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016
... of selling down electricity transmission business TransGrid, which recently sold to an Australian-led international consortium for $10.3 billion under a 99-year lease arrangement. "The NSW state government will net $7 billion, assisting their $20 billion ...

GE Capital to exit Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015

Financial services firms acquire $1bn Technology Park

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015
... offices will be leased to the Commonwealth Bank for a term of 15 years. On top of the office space development, the consortium will develop an additional 3,000 square metres of amenity, including a gymnasium, retail outlets, two childcare centres and ...

QIC consortium buys $1.78bn gas facility

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
A QIC led consortium has entered into a binding agreement to acquire the Iona Gas Storage Facility west of Melbourne in Victoria from EnergyAustralia, a member of the China Light & Power Group. The consortium, comprising the QIC Global Infrastructure ...

Future Generation IPO raises $300m

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
... Among the fund's first investors were the Smith Family, Peter Scanlon's Scanlon Foundation, the KordaMentha Partners consortium led by Mark Korda and David Winterbottom, and QBE Insurance, which invested $30 million. "FGG is a perpetual gift from the ...

AMP Capital grabs $205m Port Hedland airport

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... Capital Group (ICG) have taken over the lease of the Port Hedland International Airport, in Western Australia. The consortium was reportedly bidding against IFM Investors and Airport Development Group. The 50-year lease includes the upfront payment of ...

Australia unprepared for FTAs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... meet increasing demand from Australia's regional neighbours." Responding to the above, Finsia is participating in a consortium of "professional membership organisations in Asia" to determine how to facilitate the "free movement of people" in financial ...

ATO recovers $30 million from HSBC accounts

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... recovered over $30 million in tax liabilities from HSBC accounts held by Australian taxpayers. After the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) published a report on Monday detailing how HSBC's Swiss banking arm assisted clients ...