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Financial services to make 100,000 millionaires by 2017

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
... "Sydney has turned itself into Australia's financial centre and has therefore attracted more millionaires than any other city in Australia (81,400). But cities with undeveloped financial hubs are likely to fall way behind." The report also found that ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... 2,096.47 boosted by gains in financial stocks and enthusiasm for plans approved last week to create a free-trade zone in the city. Hong Kong closed 0.65 per cent, or 141.81 points, higher at 22,005.32. Tokyo stocks ended down 0.18 per cent, or 24.27 ...

International pension funds battle for Aussie infra

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
... steady stream of projects", rather than "an avalanche" of asset sales and projects. This problem was reflected in Brisbane City Council's decision not to put the tolling rights of the Legacy Way tunnel and Go-Between bridge to open tender. Instead, the ...

Mirvac sells 50% stake in Sydney CBD office to AMP

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... Sydney CBD from Mirvac Group (Mirvac). The AMP Capital fund has paid Mirvac $317 million for the 50% interest in the Sydney city centre office block development. Under the agreement AMP will receive a rent guarantee over remaining un-leased space at ...

Women in Super raise $5m for breast cancer research

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... on May 12, more than 130,000 people took part in events across 74 locations, including 63 regional towns and every capital city. "We are very excited that Mother's Day Classic continues to grow - people recognise the importance of research and we are ...

SEC charges US adviser with pension fund theft

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
... chief executive officer of MayfieldGentry Realty Advisors, took the money from the Police and Fire Retirement System of the City of Detroit without obtaining permission. They also allege he spent the proceeds buying two shopping mall strip malls in California. ...

QIC takes stake in US shopping malls

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
QIC has entered an agreement to buy a 49% joint-venture stake in eight regional shopping malls owned by Forest City Enterprises in the US. QIC's real estate arm will pay $435.6 million for its share of the portfolio, which is valued at $2.05 billion. ...

RBA decisions decisions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... contracted for 23rd straight month in May; ANZ job ads fell by 2.4% in May - the third straight month of decline; national city house prices dropped by 1.2% in May that followed a 0.5% fall in April; etcetera. These beg two questions. Has the transmission ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
... closing high. The tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index added 21.77 (0.66 per cent) at 3,328.79. The monthly Case-Shiller index of city housing prices showed that prices rose a seasonally adjusted 1.2 per cent in the 20 biggest urban markets, a fresh sign ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
... closing high. The tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index added 21.77 (0.66 per cent) at 3,328.79. The monthly Case-Shiller index of city housing prices showed that prices rose a seasonally adjusted 1.2 per cent in the 20 biggest urban markets, a fresh sign ...