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AMP infra fund takes 49% airport stake

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
... Infrastrucure Trust of Europe (SITE) has purchased a 49% stake in NIAL Group Limited, the owner of Newcastle airport in England. AMP Captial purchased its stake from Copenhagen Airports A/S. Seven UK local authorities will retain their 51% stake in the ...

UK becoming OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012

It's raining, it's pouring good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
... in September from 2.9% on the previous month. Core inflation remained at 2.1% last month. This should give the Bank of England breathing space if and when it decides to follow the Fed, the ECB and the BOJ down the quantitative easing path. The good news ...

QE results in currency wars

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... format across the developed world, we have seen non-traditional policy adjustments from the ECB, the Fed, the Bank of England, Bank of Japan, and Swiss National Bank." In just four years the balance sheets of the G3 central banks have expanded by US$5 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... European stock markets have hit a soft patch despite news of successful Spanish bond auctions and after the ECB and Bank of England kept their main interest rates unchanged. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies closed virtually unchanged ...

Welcome to the QE Club

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... London's FTSE 100 index of top companies closed up 2.11 per cent to 5777.34 points, as traders also digested the Bank of England's decision to keep record-low rates unchanged on Thursday. But other leading markets surged even further after the European ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies managed to add a slight 0.08 per cent to 5,845.92 points despite the Bank of England lowering its forecast for growth this year to near zero. In economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies managed to add a slight 0.08 per cent to 5,845.92 points despite the Bank of England lowering its forecast for growth this year to near to zero. Frankfurt's DAX 30 slipped by slighter 0.03 per cent to 6,966.15 ...

Going for gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012