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Future Fund ex-strategy chief opens Scarce Capital

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
... so I think capital should go where it's scarce, where people value it more." For example, Day said that there's a US-based rail container business that offers investors a yield of 18 per cent, yet nobody wants to touch it. "It wasn't a sexy investment ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
The Australian market has received flat to mixed leads from offshore trading over the weekend, as it awaits the public float of Queensland freight railways, QR National. On the ASX 24 at 0714 AEDT, the December share price index futures contract was ...

CalPERS deploys US$500m into ESG, OTPP buys Chunnel link

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... environmental investment strategy; while Canada's Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) and Borealis have bought the UK high-speed rail link to the channel tunnel for 2.1 billion. CalPERS said that would include global public companies that are actively ...

Former VFMC chief joins CP2

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
... holdings in Transurban Group, DRIVe, ConnectEast, Zurich Airport, Copenhagen Airport, Snam Rete Gas and Sydney's Airport Rail Link.

Planes, trains & automobiles and the bush

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
Kick off! While we continue to hold our collective breaths for the trio from the bush to tell us which political party "we voted for" last 21 August, campaigning has kicked off on our big brother's shores. It's Labor Day in the USA, heralding the start ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
The Australian share market is set for a strong opening after Wall Street and European markets surged on encouraging corporate earnings reports in the US. At 0732 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 69 points ...

Let the reporting season begin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
So this is what the markets are like when news go away! Wall Street was a little bit up, so was Europe. Asian equities hopped a tad and Australian shares skipped a beat higher yesterday. Flat was the day in the life of equities markets across the globe ...

Market Wrap - Mid-Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
... $4.04. Late on Wednesday, the Australian Competition Tribunal ruled that BHP and Rio will not be forced to open up their main rail lines in Western Australia to smaller iron ore miners. The matter may be headed for the Federal Court, with BHP and its ...

RARE Infra wins $1.4bn in mandates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
... with significant utility exposure, in early 2009 to a more GDP leveraged position, with greater exposure to toll roads and rail," he said.

Diversify risk, not assets

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
... as key areas to tap due to the underinvestments in the sectors. Investments in these areas include water, power, road and rail, air and seaports.