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MYEFO: Surplus of promises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
Beam me up Scotty! That's the underlying message from Australian Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison's Budget update where the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) report showed the budget deficit beamed up by a cumulative A$10.3 billion over the ...

CBA finances wind farm construction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
... entering a consortium financing the construction of one of Australia's largest wind farms. The bank is co-financing the project with the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, CWP Renewables, Partners Group, Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and ...

Green bonds open impact avenue

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
The interest and popularity of socially responsible investments has created new opportunities for investors, and green bonds especially have opened avenues to impact investments for fixed income investors. According to Moody's Investors Service, in ...

Kathy Havers from Catalyst wins Future2 award second-year running

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
A financial planner from Melbourne has taken out the Financial Planning Association of Australia's 2016 Future2 community service award for the second time. Kathy Havers of Catalyst Financial Group was presented with the award at the annual Future2 ...

AustralianSuper enhances fund transparency

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016
... are unable to disclose due to contractual arrangements, or where members may be detrimentally affected by doing so. "The project took more than two years to come to life, and we hope it will become commonplace in the industry." It is understood that ...

Raising rates on soybeans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
The US economy just recorded its fastest rate of expansion since the third quarter of 2014 and at a seasonally adjusted annualised rate of 2.9%, the September quarter's scorecard is more than double the previous period's 1.4% increase and also better ...

AMP Capital acquires stake in desalination plant

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
... up to 150 billion litres of water a year, which is about one third of Melbourne's annual water consumption. Overall the project is a $3.5 billion capital investment between the Victorian Government and AquaSure, the company who is contracted to finance ...

NZ Super Fund partners in US renewables

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
... development of wind and solar energy generation. Infratil and the NZ Super Fund partnered to invest up to US$100 million in the project, with "an option for further investment." Longroad, established this year, is an evolution of renewable energy development ...

Chinese demand requires improved industry practices

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
Tapping in to Chinese demand for services will likely require changes to industry thinking and practices, as well as greater thought around policy decisions on the export of financial services and foreign investment screening. These were some of the ...

OneVue boss pleased with market position

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
Listed platform and fund services provider OneVue has a $4 million loss for the 12 months to 30 June, despite lifting services revenue by 19%. The $4 million loss this year follows a reported $220,000 loss in 2015. Though services revenue rose to $26.4 ...