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Urbanisation fuelling resource demand

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
... Management's intrinsic value equities head. As people move from rural areas to the city, they require accommodation, transport, and hospitals. To build these, countries need raw materials and Australia is a primary provider of these, namely iron ore ...

Yield at any cost flawed: GSAM

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... mining, insurance and telecoms. By contrast to our position on resources we are overweight energy. "We are also overweight transport where we see opportunities for increased productivity and efficiency, and banks which we think remain stable and resilient ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market is set to open higher, despite a mixed performance in overseas stocks markets. At 0835 AEST on the ASX 24, the December share price index futures contract was up 12 points at 4,417 points. The local market on finished ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
The Australian market is set to open higher, despite a mixed performance in overseas stocks markets. At 0835 AEST on the ASX 24, the December share price index futures contract was up 12 points at 4,417 points. The local market on finished lower on ...

More innovation needed on 'demand side' infra opps: ASFA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
In the debate about alternatives to investment in transport infrastructure, the temptation is often to simply look at another road or rail project to address supply-side demand related to the congestion in Australia's capital cities. Yet, as ASFA's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
... including Woodside, Suncorp and Coca Cola Amatil, opening in the red after going ex-dividend. Making news on Monday, transport and logistics group Toll Holdings said full year profit fell 76 per cent due to writedowns on some of its assets in Australia ...

Sluggish growth the new norm: Janus

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... developed market globally. Also providing a major drogue on EU productivity, adds Wellso are exorbitant electricity and transport costs, insufficient subsidies and the GST cost. She says the structural changes needed to fix the EU's debt problems include ...

GESB appoints new member director

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
... recently retired after serving as a member director since 2003. Townsing is a senior developer at the WA Department of Transport where his experience extends across systems analysis and design, application development, database administration and design ...

Dutch pension fund files against GSAM

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
The Dutch transport workers' pension fund Pensioenfonds Vervoer has filed claims against ex-manager Goldman Sachs Asset Management International alleging negligence resulting in investment losses. Lawyers for the pension fund said the claims total 240 ...

AMP Capital Infra fund closed

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... subordinated debt of 10 to 15 companies headquartered in OECD countries, in the essential services of water, gas, electricity, transport and hospitals, said AMP Capital.