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Banks take Bell Group case to High Court

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
The consortium of 20 banks involved in Australia's longest-running court case is seeking leave to appeal to the High Court. The banks, led by Westpac, lost an appeal in Western Australia's Supreme Court last month on a 2008 ruling that ordered them ...

New CEO for Sydney de-sal after June refinance

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... the June 2012 refinance of the operation by the NSW State Government which resulted in ownership of SDP passing to a consortium 50% owned by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and 50% by Hastings Managed Funds Utilities Trust of Australia (UTA) and The Infrastructure ...

HDF to engage with APA on bid

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... revised offer represents a premium on the all-cash $1.23bn offer from Pipeline Partners Australia - a Canadian/Australian consortium whose offer was recommended to investors by the Hastings board last week. In an announcement to the ASX this morning ...

AMP Capital, Macquarie sells infra to Asia's richest man

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
A consortium lead by Asia's richest man has purchased a British gas distribution company from investors including Macquarie Global Infrastructure Funds 2 SARL and AMP Capital. The deal to purchase Wales & West Utilities Limited - subject to European ...

Canadian pension fund to buy UK soccer centres

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
... has banked more than $300 million from the $2.3bn sale of the long-term lease of the Sydney Desalination Plant to a consortium including Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan.

GS, Citi appointed for NSW elec, coal mine sales

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... Goldman Sachs recently advised the NSW Government on a $2.3bn long-term lease of the Sydney Desalination Plant to a consortium that included the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board and Hastings Funds Management and netted the government $300 million ...

Canadian pension funds eye Aust infra

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... has banked more than $300 million from the $2.3bn sale of the long-term lease of the Sydney Desalination Plant to a consortium including Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board and Hastings Funds Management. "Canadian investors are looking for stable returns ...

Pacific Hydro joins $315m renewable energy JV

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced a $320 million consortium agreement between the industry fund owned Australian renewable energy company Pacific Hydro and Brazil's mining company Vale. The agreement formalises Vale's and Pacific Hydro's intentions ...

Consortium buys Challenger Infrastructure Fund assets

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
Challenger Infrastructure Fund has sold half of its asset base for $A286.79 million to a consortium which includes Australian super funds and a Dutch pension fund. Challenger Infrastructure Fund (CIF) has entered into a binding sale agreement for its ...

Hastings consortium snaps up de-sal plant

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
An international consortium including the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan and two funds owned by Westpac subsidiary Hastings Funds Management has signed off on a $2.3bn deal to lease the NSW desalination plant. Finalised only six days after offers were ...