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AMP Capital expands US and UK-based infra team

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... further fundraising. In London, Emma Haight joins the team as director from NIBC Bank where she was vice president in the project finance division and a lead negotiator on infrastructure transactions. Haight has held similar roles at Nur Energie and ...

Quicker and faster hikes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
What's she done now? All this commotion... and just at her first ever meeting chairing the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). The S&P 500 index fell by as much as 1.2% and yields on 10-year US Treasuries spiked by as much as 12 basis points overnight ...

PC examines Weaven's 'inverted bid' infra model

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
... potential problems with the model. One such problem related to the extent to which a government would take on the risk of the project in the form of a guaranteed internal rate of return (IRR). "Providing a guaranteed rate of return reduces long-term ...

Accountant guilty of operating 21 unregistered schemes

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
A Melbourne accountant has pleaded guilty to 27 criminal charges including charges of operating 21 unregistered managed investment schemes. Accountant Mark Ronald Letten pleaded guilty following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments ...

IFM invests $1.3 billion in LNG facility

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2013
... natural gas liquefaction and liquefied natural gas (LNG) loading facility in Quintana Island near Freeport, Texas. The project, planned by Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P., will involve the development of three liquefaction plants, also known as 'trains'. ...

ASIC to scrutinise The New Daily

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... money. He suggested that, instead of starting a media publication, they return the money they would have spent on the project to members by reducing fees. He went on: "My concern is, is it going to be a political newspaper? We know the close affiliations ...

Indonesia VP attends Melb investor forum

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
Indonesian Vice President Professor Dr Boediona is attending an institutional investment forum in Melbourne today, reinforcing growing speculation that Australian pension funds are readying to invest into the country. The VP's visit follows a series ...

Half of all SMSF assets in retirement phase

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013
Around half of $506 billion held in self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) are in retirement assets, according to new research from DEXX&R. According to the research house's report, $296 billion is currently held in the retirement phase, supporting ...

Baird proposes tax changes for NSW infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013
... the NSW Government take the initial risk. The second stage will allow investors such as super funds to buy debt in the project, and the third stage would allow them to buy equity. The staggered process is meant to overcome the dangers of unpredictable ...

HOSTPLUS targets SMSFs with direct infra option

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
... Sydney International Convention, Exhibition and Entertainment Precinct (SICEEP). HOSTPLUS is a 50% equity investor in the project, which is a public-private partnership, with Capella Capital taking the other 50%. Sicilia said that roughly 98% of the ...