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The horse still refuses to drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
... quarter (the latest available), the economy's operating at about 1% below trend growth. The latest update on private new capital expenditure and expected expenditure indicates that Australia will continue bumping along below trend growth going forward. ...

QIC raises $1 billion for infrastructure fund

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
QIC has raised $1 billion in new capital for its unlisted Global Infrastructure Fund (QGIF), reaching roughly 50% of its target. Investors in the fund include Hostplus as well as "an Asian sovereign wealth fund, one of China's leading insurers and two ...

EU instos shed banks, set up alternative trading venues

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
... said. He explained that the only sector showing signs of illiquidity in Australia is the fixed income market. If the new capital requirements for banks compromise liquidity in the market insurers, superannuation funds and other institutional investors ...

Investors pretending there's value in the market

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... doesn't mean it was wrong to take out buildings and contents insurance. "There are not many opportunities to deploy new capital so we are keeping it very simple. Markets are showing a real lack of liquidity on the downside and we want to be able to take ...

The recesssion we longed to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... Economic outlook slips 'from bleak to recessionary'" (theage.com) The "bleak" set of numbers: Actual total private new capital expenditure dropped by 4.4% over the March quarter and 5.3% over the year. The "recessionary" set of numbers: "Estimate 2 for ...

Managed Account Holdings to invest in advisory firms

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
... initial investment. It is intended the advisory firms will use the funds from the investment and consider matching the new capital with bank borrowings to fund their acquisitions. The type of advisory firms attracted to PHL will be those who have a large ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
... points at 5,903. In local economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is due to release private new capital expenditure and expected expenditure data for the December quarter, along with average weekly time earnings for the six months ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
... seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 458,000. In local economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases new capital expenditure and expected expenditure for the September quarter and the HIA new home sales figures for October are ...

Folkestone to increase holding in REIT

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2014
... real estate investment trust. "Folkestone is well positioned for its next stage of growth and this $42 million of new capital will facilitate Folkestone increasing its strategic holding in the Folkestone Education Trust," managing director Greg Paramor ...

Hockey names infrastructure top priority for G20

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... is key to this. "Given that governments simply do not have the budgetary capacity to match the massive demand for new capital, we must turn to the private sector to fire up its enormous cash reserves to fund new investment in roads, rail, ports and energy ...