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Census 2011: Australia is changing, and fast

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... spending more on housing, and all this while we are transitioning into a rainbow Eurasian people ideally positioned between East and West like a hedge fund positioned between arbitraging world capital markets. But fewer of us are getting married and ...

IFM commits $90m to ConnectEast

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
Industry Funds Management has commitment to financing a $90 million investment into ConnectEast through a senior secured debt facility. The investment forms part of a $1.2 billion refinancing by the owner and operator of Melbourne's Eastlink Freeway. ...

EM specialist enters Australian market

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... are traditional Asia and BRIC exposures supplemented by up to 50 additional investible countries in Africa and the Middle East. They do this by focusing on tapping into the small to mid cap range that large firms don't invest into due to research resource ...

SWFs to reach $30tr in 20 years

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
... downs, notes Rainmaker in its upcoming Roundup report. Reflecting the dominance of resource revenue in SWF assets, the Middle East makes up 38% of the sector. In Asia SWFs are primarily used to manage fiscal and currency reserve. Nearly two-thirds of ...

Fidelity: Equities still a long-term option

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
... institutions," he said. Fidelity Worldwide Investment is an asset manager with a global network spanning the US, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Fidelity and its subsidiaries manage over $220bn in funds under management as at 31 March ...

Lazard faces losses on Hastie collapse

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2012
... of the companies that comprise the mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) businesses in Australia as well as the Middle East which together employ approximately 4,700 people. "We are obliged to confirm Hastie Group's ability to fund trading before ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012
... Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Indexes of Economic Activity is due to be released and the World Bank gives its latest review of the East Asia and Pacific regional economy. In equities news, Myer Ltd is due to post its third quarter sales results ...

Investors focus on Russian consumer stocks

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
... rises and the average debt burden remains low. Michael Hanson-Lawson, chief executive officer of regional investment house East Capital said that although oil and gas stocks often dominate headlines, the Russian consumer story is an interesting one showing ...

Bumps along the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... soft patch, Europe was in crisis, Japan had the earthquake and the tsunami that blew up its nuclear reactors, the Middle East was in turmoil with the Arab Spring and there was talk that China would land hard. The authorities scrambled for a rescue. Central ...

Australian finance sector jobs plummet

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
... is the second successive quarterly slowdown in the region, despite larger drops in the US, Central Europe and the Middle East. The cost-cutting drive behind the spate of banking redundancies in Australia in Q1 is likely to continue impacting the sector ...