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The rally that no one's enjoyed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... aesops-fables.org.uk relates the story: "A Crow, half-dead with thirst, came upon a Pitcher which had once been full of water; but when the Crow put its beak into the mouth of the Pitcher he found that only very little water was left in it, and that ...

Unique investment opportunity in water

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
The Australian water market is a unique investment opportunity allowing direct exposure to water price risk as global demand surges, with foreign investors already taking note, according to Tyndall AM. Return seeking capital is already entering the ...

Known knowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... healthy government, business and household balance sheets would be once this process of cleansing is over. Makes your mouth water, does it not? As ex Mrs. Rod Stewart, Rachel Hunter, once said, it won't happen overnight but it will happen. The same thing ...

Blahs take the blues away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... should embark on an open-ended bond buying spree and "You continue to do it until it's clear that you're no longer treading water... You continue to do it until you have documented evidence that you're getting growth in income and the unemployment rate ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
The Australian dollar has moved higher, in line with market moves in the US and Europe. At 1200 AEST on Thursday, the Australian dollar was trading at 103.14 US cents, up from 102.42 on Wednesday. CMC foreign exchange dealer Tim Waterer said the local ...

AMP Capital, Macquarie sells infra to Asia's richest man

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... Europe fund, as well as other AMP Capital managed funds. Last year Cheung Kong paid approximately US$4bn for Northumbrian Water, one of Britain's biggest water utilities. Cheung Kong already owns infrastructure businesses in Australia, New Zealand, Hong ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... to be released Friday, including GDP, industrial production, investment and retail sales figures. "The market will tread water until the Chinese market news comes out," Mr Daghlian told AAP. "We're expecting the Chinese economy to be still growing, but ...

Climate change already an insurance risk

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... increased policy payments, changes to property planning laws and stepped up demand for infrastructure spending on projects like water management including flood levy banks, noted the ICA in April this year. This will have asset management implications ...

Pipeline Partners makes HFM bid

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... already recommended that investors reject the APA bid. HDF's investments include gas transmission and distribution assets, water utilities, and hydro and wind power generation assets. Hastings said the binding offer from Pipeline Partners was consistent ...

AMP Capital Infra fund closed

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... investments in the 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.