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AMP buys $80m social infra fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
AMP Capital Investors has announced the acquisition of the RBS Social Infrastructure Trust, an Australian public-private partnership (PPP) infrastructure fund with an $80 million portfolio of assets. The fund will be renamed the AMP Capital Community ...

Darby buys into Mexican housing

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
Darby Overseas Investments, the private equity arm of Franklin Templeton, continue to put more money into the Mexican housing finance market after this month injecting funds into construction finance firm Controladora Vertice. Darby said that its financial ...

Cards for houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
... given US$8,000 (homebuyers tax credit) to "try out" the dream of homeownership. There's really no downside. The US$8,000 buys "dreamers" a deposit to own a home. They, their children, and their children's children could dwell in it for generations to ...

Which way USA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... previously. But my, my, hey, hey! Rock and roll is here to stay. This includes net exports - the difference between what America buys from abroad to what it sells. And guess what? America bought much more from offshore than it sold. US exports contributed ...

Count buys stakes in Victorian and NSW practices

PRESS RELEASES  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
Count Financial subsidiary, Countplus, has bought stakes in two more businesses for just under $1 million in cash and shares. Countplus bought a 25 per cent share in Melbourne-based Kidmans Partners, an accounting and financial services firm with a ...

CalPERS buys Gatwick Airport stake

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has bought a 12 per cent stake in London Gatwick Airport from Global Infrastructure Partners for $178 million. Gatwick Airport is the UK's second most active airport and one of the busiest ...

Macquarie buys Rismark stake

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
Macquarie Funds Group has acquired a 53 per cent stake in Rismark, a Sydney-based residential real estate funds management and research group. MFG bought the shareholding for an undisclosed price. According to an ASX statement, MFG will provide Rismark ...

Multiport buys AR Group stake

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
Multiport has bought a stake in SMSF administration firm, AR Group. Multiport chief executive John McIlroy said, "The purchase was strategic to us as we are broadening our service offerings to appeal more to the accounting market." "The AR Group has ...

Sigma buys CPG Research & Advisory

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
Sigma Alpha International Limited (SAIL) has bought asset consulting firm CPG Research & Advisory, a consultancy firm with around $11 billion of assets under advice. The sale is part of a new asset consulting and funds management business established ...

Hastings consortium buys $290m stake in US infra

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
Hastings Funds Management and Zachry American Infrastucture have acquired a major stake in a US-based natural gas terminal in a deal worth $290 million. The consortium bought a 55 per cent stake in Freeport LNG Development L.P (FLNG), which owns and ...