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Pre-retirees risk significant shortfalls: MLC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2017
... Fahy warned. "In particular, retirees with health care needs are facing significant increases in costs. The costs of electricity and gas and of council and water rates remain a serious concern for many." Table: Budgets for various households and living ...

Wage freeze

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
... point too: "Much of the weakness is likely to reflect a mix of weak growth in wages; increases in key costs such as electricity and emerging concerns about rising interest rates." But while we consumers, consensus and Bill appear to be getting it, it's ...

Wages separate businesses from consumers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
... around jobs." "Much of the weakness is likely to reflect a mix of weak growth in wages; increases in key costs such as electricity and emerging concerns about rising interest rates..." Yes Virginia, we're back to wages. The same one the RBA notes as ...

Dovish Fed, hawkish BOC

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
... Besides, "the factors behind soft inflation appear to be mostly temporary, including heightened food price competition, electricity rebates in Ontario, and changes in automobile pricing. As the effects of these relative price movements fade and excess ...

AMP Capital grows infrastructure team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... investment manager for NSW Treasury, responsible for monitoring and reporting the performance of the state's $38 billion electricity sector. Global head of infrastructure equity Boe Pahari said Prnjatovic's appointment follows the recent acquisition ...

Transport bolsters listed infrastructure demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... of consumers using more mobile data," he said. In the UK, Meyer targets utility companies that own water pipes or electricity networks, which despite being highly regulated, provide stable and growing cash flows and inflation protection making them an ...

Argo LIC shakes up investment mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
... infrastructure fixed income. Alongside that was 9.5% to toll roads, 9.6% to railways, 12.8% to midstream energy, 28.2% to electricity infrastructure, 0.5% to marine ports, 4.2% to water, 5.5% to airports, 7.3% to cash, 9% to communications, 1.7% to diversified ...

Industry fund wins stake in Endeavour Energy

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017
... super fund is exposing its 1.9 million members to an additional infrastructure asset after securing a stake in NSW electricity distribution company Endeavour Energy. REST Industry Super, alongside a consortium of companies including Macquarie Infrastructure ...

AI will lead next industrial revolution: Sanlam

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
... time. We only do so in hindsight," he said, referring to how steam power changed the world in the mid-1700s, as did electricity in the late-1800s and electronics less than 50 years ago. "If you look at the first three industrial revolutions, they all ...

FIIG expands fixed income research team

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... Moody's Investor Service where she was an analyst in project and infrastructure finance covering regulated utilities (electricity, gas, water), coal terminals and rail hauliers, PPPs and other esoteric project finance - primarily in Australia and NZ. ...