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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
... inflation confirming the preliminary 0.2% year-on-year decline in consumer prices, due largely to lower prices of fuel for transport (-11.7%), heating oil (-26.0%) and gas (-6.8%). Core inflation eased to an annual rate of 0.7% in April - the slowest ...

VFMC appoints two new directors

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
... for the state's public sector clients including Emergency Services and State Super (ESS Super), WorkSafe Victoria, the Transport Accident Commission, and the Victorian Managed Insurance Authority.

IFM Investors appoints independent chair

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
... and technological projects in New South Wales and Victoria (rolling stock, desalination plant, power stations, public transport ticketing, research facilities, and traffic camera and enforcement processing facilities). "We are delighted to have an individual ...

IFM Investors sells stake in Indiana Toll Road

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
IFM Investors has sold a significant stake in one of its core infrastructure assets, the Indiana Toll Road Concession Company (ITRCC). The global fund manager purchased ITRCC for US$5.7 billion in March last year, and the recent sale saw US pension ...

Government allocates $920m pa for Smart Cities infrastructure

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... improving safety at regular road crash sites), heavy vehicle safety, bridges maintenance and maintenance of national transport networks. Specifically, the Budget provisions for $261 million to the Perth Freight Link, $490 million to the Perth Forrestfield-Airport ...

VanEck global infrastructure ETF goes live

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
VanEck has provided further details around its launch of Australia's first global infrastructure ETF on the Australian Securities Exchange today. The VanEck Vectors FTSE Global Infrastructure (Hedged) ETF tracks the FTSE Developed Core Infrastructure ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
Australia taxation revenue The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released figures showing that Australia's total taxation revenue increased by 2.3% to A$445,965 million in fiscal year 2014/15 from A$435,892 million in 2013/14. Taxes on income - ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
... in consumer prices accelerated to minus 1.0% from minus 0.8% in February due largely to a 5.9% drop in private road transport cost and a 4.2% fall in housing and utilities. Core inflation - which excludes private road transport costs and accommodation ...

AustralianSuper launches new SRI investment option

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
... companies like AGL, BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Seven Group and Wesfarmers excluded, while some global utilities will remain. Transport companies responsible for moving much of Australia's coal exports will also remain. Members of the new option will also ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... Core inflation - which in Singapore includes food and energy but excludes the costs of accommodation and private road transport - picked up to 0.5% in the year to February - the highest since October last year's 0.6% annual rate - from 0.4% in the previous ...