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Infrastructure gets $100 billion

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... Budget commitment to spend $75 billion over 10 years in the area. "This includes $2 billion to help deliver fast rail from Geelong to Melbourne, an increase of $3 billion for the Urban Congestion Fund taking it to $4 billion, a $2.2 billion Road Safety ...

Chief economist update: Famous last words

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... Lehman Bros. filed for bankruptcy on 15 September 2008, setting off a chain of events that changed the meaning of GFC from Geelong Football Club to Global Financial Crisis. Maybe, this time is different. Then again maybe not. The "Economic Letter" published ...

Pressure mounts on regional advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
... Standard hosts a regional Adviser Big Day Out roadshow which started in Queensland this month and will now travel to Bendigo, Geelong, Newcastle, Central Coast, Canberra, Wollongong, Cairns and Hobart.

Centuria acquires Government headquarters

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2018
Property group Centuria has acquired a building in Geelong and announced its chief executive of unlisted property funds will take on greater responsibilities following a management restructure late last year. Its subsidiary, Centuria Property Funds ...

Infrastructure receives $75 billion boost

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... $500 million to upgrade regional trains and $30 million for a rail link from the Melbourne CBD to Tullamarine Airport; Geelong Rail Line and the North East Rail Line each receiving $100 million, and $20.2 million for the Murray Basin Rail; Queensland ...

MYEFO: Surplus of promises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... to collateralised debt obligations (CDOs) backed by subprime mortgages back in the days when the GFC only stood for the Geelong Football Club.

Agricultural investors create $10 million VC fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
... SproutX has received $1 million in initial funding from the Victorian government to open a pre-accelerator program based in Geelong. The pre-accelerator will accept 100 applicants from across Australia to nurture and commercialise the best new ideas ...

Registrations for Adviser Big Day Out VICTAS closing soon

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
... attendance and morning tea and lunch are also provided. The tour travels to Traralgon on Tuesday 10 May then heads to Geelong on Wednesday 11 May, Ballarat on Thursday 12 May, Launceston on Tuesday 17 May, Hobart on Wednesday 18 May, Albury on Tuesday ...

SIV opens door to China for fund managers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... for BMW and Mercedes-Benz. According to Martin, they made serious inquiries into buying Ford's manufacturing plant in Geelong which is set to close next year. Had it gone ahead, the deal might've saved the jobs of hundreds of workers, all thanks to the ...

PROFILE: Lonsec Fiscal Holdings joint chief executive Amanda Gillespie

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... Born in the Riverina in New South Wales, Gillespie left the countryside when she was 14 to go to a boarding school in Geelong. She then moved to Melbourne and studied a degree in econometrics, majoring in statistics, with Monash University. After that ...