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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher, after strong gains on overseas markets overnight and rises in commodity prices. At 0700 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was up 41 points at 5,384. Euro zone stocks have been ...

Fossil fuel divestment gathers pace

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2015
The fossil fuel divestment push is gathering pace, this time with 295 faculty members of Stanford University in the US writing to its board of trustees asking them to divest its $25 billion endowment fund from the investment sector. The Stanford University ...

Investec property fund acquires $8.1m warehouse

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
The Investec Australia Property Fund (IAPF) has acquired a new property in Derrimut, Victoria for $8.1 million. The acquisition, effective from 22 December 2014, caps off a busy year for the fund which added properties to the total purchase price value ...

AMP Capital awarded $250m global infrastructure mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2015
AMP Capital has received a US$200 million ($248 million) commitment, with additional co-investment rights, from Canadian pension plan Ontario Pension Board (OPB) to invest in its global infrastructure strategy. The global infrastructure strategy was ...

AMP Capital receives $200m from OPB

HARRY PAGE:  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2014
AMP Capital has received a $200 million commitment from the Canadian pension plan Ontario Pension Board (OPB) to invest in its global investment strategy. OPB's Private Markets' managing director Glenn Hubert said OPB was impressed by AMP Capital's ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat despite a surge on Wall Street where stocks rebounded from a sell-off in energy shares after positive retail and unemployment data came out. At 0645 AEST on Friday, the December share price index futures ...

Future Fund equities head to depart

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
The Future Fund's head of equities is to leave the organisation to be replaced by an internal staffer on a temporary basis. Elspeth Lumsden joined the Future Fund in 2007 and led the team responsible for building the Fund's listed equity portfolio.A ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower following Wall Street down as global stocks fall on concern over growth in China and potential political fallout in Greece. At 0857 AEST on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was ...

The Grinch is stealing Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
Where would this, 'tis the season to be jolly, without the Grinch stealing Christmas? Just when we thought financial markets would be jingling all the way into the New Year - helped by the unarguably strong US employment report for November - we're ...

Are we there now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... 13.7% in October and 14.1% in December last year. Gains in average weekly hours worked to 34.6 hours from 34.5 hours in October (where it had been stuck since March this year) and slight improvement in average overtime hours indicate further improvement ...