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Antin raises $1.5bn

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... commitments from approximately 35 investors from diverse countries: Scandinavia, France, Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia in particular," said Mark Crosbie, managing partner. "The confidence placed in the Antin Infrastructure ...

Australia's big bro

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
... takes over. Many, if not most, Hongkongers applied for immigration into other countries - mainly to the United States, Canada and Australia. Given China's rapid growth since then, those who emigrated might be ruing the day they left. The again... perhaps ...

CB thoughts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... cuts since World War II and the global economy cools." Good now, convulsions later. But back in North America, the Bank of Canada raised interest rates the same week as the BOJ and the BOE kept theirs on ice. The BOC increased rates by 25 bps to 1 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
... flat amid mixed company earnings reports and concern over BHP Billiton's credit rating in light of its takeover offer for Canada's PotashCorp. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 4.1 points, or 0.09 per cent, at 4,479 points, while the broader All ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
... digesting news late on Wednesday that Moody's was reviewing BHP Billiton's credit rating in light of its takeover offer for Canada's PotashCorp. "Analysts are questioning whether it is the best move for BHP," she said. Rio Tinto was weaker on the back ...

CPPIB refines bid for Intoll

ASX RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2010
... equivalent of $1.53 per Intoll stapled security. Intoll's portfolio includes a 30 per cent stake in the 407 ETR in Toronto, Canada and a 25 per cent interest in the Westlink M7 in Sydney, Australia. The firm's share price fell more than 1 per cent on ...

Super, homes and savings a happy combo

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
... countries, with an average score of 7.9 out of 10, beaten only by Ireland, Norway and Denmark (equal first) and Finland and Canada (equal second). The majority of the data used in this report comes from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics of Australia ...

Canadian pension fund bids for Intoll

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) moves to buy Sydney-based infrastructure group Intoll. CPPIB bid provides three options for Intoll shareholders including a cash offer equivalent of $1.53 per Intoll stapled security. The offer represents ...

Super-sized super powers up

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
... pension fund clients, which includes the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP). It is among the largest pension funds in Canada with assets of $140 billion - more than treble the size of the biggest super fund in the country (the Cooper Review noted ...

World peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
... Reuters, Beijing demanded that reference to its exchange rate in the draft communiquA(C) "be removed from the final version". Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper couldn't have put it any clearer, "Here is the tightrope we must walk. To sustain the ...