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A prince, a princess or a frog?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... And we know what headlines and spinmeisters are like Virginia, don't we now my lovely? Those camped outside St Mary's Hospital in Paddington in central London are more fortunate. The spinmeisters won't be able to spin the outcome of the 'Great Kate Wait'. ...

Service consumption bucks downward trend in EM equities

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... Private health is therefore an attractive investment in emerging markets, an example being London-listed Middle Eastern hospital group NMC Health. There are also significant opportunities in education. Brazilian company Kroton, the world's largest listed ...

Next government to reconsider super taxes: Grattan Inst

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
Bringing the commonwealth budget into structural surplus will require the next government to be very different to the Rudd-Gillard and Howard governments, and this will inevitably force a review of superannuation taxes, argued the Grattan Institute ...

Austerity can be hazardous to your health

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013

FFMA is on track to break $100bn barrier

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
The Future Fund Management Agency (FFMA) is on track to break through the $100 billion barrier after having climbed to $97 billion by end March 2013. The FFMA is the public sector agency that looks after the $85 billion Future Fund, as well as $12 billion ...

Hostplus awards $100m global equity mandate

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
Hostplus has awarded a $100 million mandate to Dundas Global Investors (DGI) through the Apostle Dundas Global Equity fund, Financial Standard can reveal. The Edinburgh-based fund manager's investment approach centres around global equity portfolios ...

Future Fund returns 12.8% for 2012

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
Improving global investment markets helped Australia's Future Fund gain more than $9 billion in 2012. The Future Fund, created in 2006 to invest retirement savings on behalf of Australia's public sector employees, also made a return of more than 12% ...

HOSTPLUS consortium wins Destination Sydney bid

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
The HOSTPLUS industry superannuation fund has won the bid to deliver Sydney's new convention, exhibition and entertainment precinct (SICEEP). The project includes the design and construction of the expanded and enhanced international convention centre ...

Murdoch matriarch remembered for charity work

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... the organisations she supported are already pouring in. According to a report in The Australian, the Royal Children's Hospital and the Murdoch Children's Research Institute in Melbourne have acknowledged her "outstanding dedication."

Obama re-election to boost healthcare and banking stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... also likely to feel the pinch as higher taxes to fund the initiative come on stream. "On the other hand, you have those hospital companies that no longer have to bear the losses of taking on non-paying patients and may therefore experience an uptick." ...