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New masters of universe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... Street. Equity indices fell -- big time -- on 'The Street' right at the stroke of October. The Dow's down 1.4% (with Transport down 2.5%); the S&P 500 fell 1.3%; the Nasdaq's off 1.6% and the Russell 2000's now in correction land with its 1.5% overnight ...

QIC expands US operations with new appointment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
... encouraging private sector infrastructure investment and Australia is poised for an estimated A$135 billion wave of energy and transport infrastructure privatisations over the next three to five years." "Institutional investors are thinking beyond traditional ...

Someone mentioned the "S-word" on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014

Aluminum windows and ferries: the case for small-cap investing

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... try the ferries themselves when considering whether to invest in SeaLink Travel Group, the ferry company that provides transport services to the tourism sector in the island.

HESTA takes stand against thermal coal

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
Industry super fund HESTA has begun restricting its investments in thermal coal, becoming the latest fund to move towards fossil fuel divestment. Under the new policy, HESTA will not make new investments in unlisted companies that derive more than 15% ...

AMP adds listed infra to SMSF Suite

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
AMP Capital has added its Global Listed Infrastructure Fund to its SMSF Suite, joining the Corporate Bond Fund and the Wholesale Australian Property Fund. The addition will give self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) access to listed infrastructure ...

The certainty in a sea of uncertainties

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014

TWU defends mandatory TWU Super contributions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
The Transport Workers Union (TWU) has defended the TWU's practice of forcing employers to contribute employee superannuation only to TWU Super in collective bargaining agreements. Appearing before the Royal Commission into Trade Union and Governance ...

But they said it was Iraq

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
I clicked, and I clicked, and I clicked but I can't find no... no, no, no... no mention of that which was finger-pointed for yesterday's sharp fall on Wall Street. Yes, Virginia there wasn't any mention of Iraq. Wall Street rebounded overnight despite ...

IFM bets $1bn on US shale gas revolution

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
IFM Investors has invested US$1 billion in a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) loading facility on Quintana Island near Freeport in Texas. The project will add liquefaction capabilities to the existing port at Quintana Island, allowing natural gas to ...