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Infra manager Hastings inks major China deal

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
... Trade Agreement. In April this year the two entities made "proof point" partnership deal after the Hastings and CMID consortium won a A$1.75 billion bid ahead of four competitors to secure a 98-year lease to operate the Port of Newcastle. Commenting ...

The Infrastructure Fund reaches into Europe

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... Trust Australia and a mandate client to form a 30% equity bloc managed by Hastings Funds Management. Hastings formed a consortium with Allianz Capital Partners and Alberta Investment Management Corporation and EDF Invest to purchase Porterbrook. Porterbrook ...

Group insurance consortiums 'inevitable': MetLife

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
Group insurers must form consortiums if they want to continue to provide group cover to the growing 'mega-funds', according to MetLife head of distribution Michael Goodall. Speaking at an even hosted by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees ...

QIC takes stake in East West Link PPP

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
... East West Link Stage 1 ("EWL") public-private partnership (PPP) toll road and tunnel project in Melbourne, after a consortium led by Capella Capital won the bid. Other members of the consortium included British infrastructure investor John Laing, Spanish ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... Foodmaker Goodman Fielder was up 0.5 cents at 62.5 cents after the competition watchdog cleared the way for an Asian consortium to buy the company. On Wall Street overnight, stocks rose in the wake of a strong housing report, with the Dow Jones Industrial ...

FEATURE: The new financiers of infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
The complex business of financing infrastructure has traditionally been the preserve of banks. But Basel III has changed that. In the newly-restrictive lending environment, banks are approaching things differently, while non-bank investors are finding ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... services group UGL was 11 cents lower at $6.83 after saying it had sold its real estate business DTZ for $1.2 billion to a consortium that includes private equity giant TPG. Among the major miners, BHP was up two cents at $35.31, Rio Tinto was down 27 ...

'Weaven model' would get best infra deals: IFM

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
Infrastructure projects would get better deals on debt finance, construction and facilities management under the inverted bid model recommended by Industry Super Australia (ISA), according to IFM Investors executive director, debt investments Scott ...

States urged to recycle infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
The federal government is urging state governments to privatise infrastructure assets, with the creation of a $5 billion 'asset recycling initiative'. For a period of five years, the federal government will use this pool to pay state governments 15% ...

AMP Capital increases stake in Alpha Trains

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... dozen countries across continental Europe. AMP Capital has been invested in Alpha Trains since 2008 when, as part of a consortium, it acquired the company from Royal Bank of Scotland. "Rail transportation is an important sector for us in Europe because ...