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Infrastructure pricing reshaping investment landscape

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
... necessarily factor into pricing, or perhaps they have a much lower cost of equity." IFM sees longer term opportunities in the water sector, and other large scale mature projects which are yet to be privatised. Morris said political persuasion, market ...

Kim Morison joins Blue Sky Alternative Investments board

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
... managing director of Blue Sky's Real Assets business with responsibilities across the company's assets portfolios, including water, water infrastructure and agriculture. Commenting on the appointment, Blue Sky's chairman John Kain said: "Kim has led ...

Qualitas to finance boutique Waterloo apartments

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
Qualitas Opportunity Fund has announced it will provide mezzanine finance for the $107 million ICONIC Waterloo apartments and associated retail space. The joint venture between developers Thirdi and Milligan Group is the first asset to be financed by ...

Republican brands Dodd-Frank "regulatory waterboarding"

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
A top House Republican has accused the Obama administration of engaging in "regulatory waterboarding" when it comes to monitoring banks. House Financial Services Committee chairman Jeb Hensarling said the Dodd-Frank reforms, which increase the oversight ...

FICAP marks 10th anniversary with record fundraising

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
... onstage: Tim Sanderson from Count won the Challenger Best Male Artist award for his take of Melissa Etheridge's 'Bring Me Some Water' while Kitty McNiven from BlackRock won Perpetual Best Newcomer Award for her performance of Joan Jett's 'I Love Rock ...

Industry funds happy SG charge retained

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
... wages and we should be aiming for full compliance by sending a strong signal. We welcome the government's decision to not water down penalties and we call on them to work with industry to initiate policies that will tighten compliance." Under the proposed ...

ZIRP to bring back "animal spirits"?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
... that he has done enough, "You can't make people be confident, I certainly can't." "I've allowed the horse to come to the water with cheap funding. I can't make it drink." The RBA cash rate was at 2.5% at the time - actual capex was falling around mid-single ...

Blue Sky lifts profits

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
... where the new ideas and growth companies of the future will be found. "Our focus in recent years on the essentials - food, water, education, housing, student accommodation, agriculture and infrastructure - has been the key to this performance." Blue ...

A negative sum game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
Last week was a happy one for equity markets with most benchmark indices registering sharp gains at the end of five days of trade. Is it now safe to go back in the waters? Or a dead cat bounce? It happened not so long ago, you know -- when the rebound ...

Adviser roadshow shines light on modern-day advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
Financial advisers took home plenty of business tips at an adviser roadshow yesterday - and many of them are refreshingly unconventional. The main function centre of Doltone House, overlooking the waterfront view of Jones Bay Wharf in Sydney, was the ...