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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 ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... soared 20 cents, or 17.7 per cent, to $1.33. Enestra is the target of a $2.37 billion takeover bid from a Hong Kong consortium, rivalling a $2.1 billion offer from a local gas distributor. News Corporation jumped 45 cents to to $18.20 despite a quarterly ...

The Infrastructure Fund looking to add to Port of Newcastle purchase

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... purchase of the long-term lease of the Port of Newcastle, the world's largest coal export port. Last week, TIF and consortium partner China Merchants Group won the $1.75 billion New South Wales Government auction for the Port of Newcastle. This deal ...

Port of Newcastle leased for $1.75bn

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
The NSW government has leased the Port of Newcastle to a consortium of investors including the Chinese government, for $1.75 billion. The consortium is comprised of Australia's Hastings Funds Management and China Merchants, a Chinese state-owned corporation. ...

AustralianSuper consortium picks up QLD motorways for $7bn

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
AustralianSuper, as part of a consortium led by toll road owner Transurban, is set to pay $7 billion to buy a string of Brisbane motorways from the Queensland government. The consortium said it had signed an agreement to buy Queensland Motorways, which ...

Baird premiership represents infra opportunity: ISA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... infrastructure financing arrangements, most recently through using the proceeds of the sale of Port Botany and Port Kembla to a consortium of Industry SuperFunds, to finance the first stage of Westconnex and Pacific Highway upgrades." Linden said he ...