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No decision yet on QIC sale

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... Corporation (QIC) be privatised puts the spotlight on the significant funds management businesses that several state governments are now running. The Audit Report said, "Whilst the [Queensland] government [will] retain responsibility for long-tail liabilities ...

CalPERS cry foul play, backs lawsuit

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
... millions of public employees that rely on us for their retirement security. CalPERS is glad to have the federal and state governments on our side in these efforts to hold the ratings agencies accountable." The action was filed in the Central District ...

Hastings consortium snaps up de-sal plant

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
... deal pipeline for investors. "Outside of renewable energy, certainly there just isn't the deal flow coming from state governments to allow us to invest what we would like to invest in Australia," said Garry Weaven, chair of Industry Funds Management ...

Report questions infra investment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... a recent industry event. "Outside of renewable energy, certainly there just isn't the deal flow coming from state governments to allow us to invest what we would like to invest in Australia," added Garry Weaven, chair of Industry Funds Management speaking ...

Vanguard launches bond ETF

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
... UBS Government Bond is a value-weighted index of approximately 80 securities issued by the Commonwealth and State governments.

Bold predictions of US recovery

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
... bounce back, the pace of job growth will quicken. While the previous two years have seen spending by local and state governments contract, budgets are improving as revenues begin to flow from income tax and sales tax. "Even the beleaguered state of Michigan ...

IFM strengthens push for government infra deals

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... the privatisation opportunities in Europe stem from the need for governments to raise additional funding but state governments here have been slow to follow suit, despite their own financial limitations. "On the one hand we're encouraged to see some ...

IFM pins hopes on state governments and eyes $1bn infra deal

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... infrastructure investors but assets offering good risk/return profiles still thin on the ground. "I think a number of state governments are currently the owners of these assets and a number of those state governments are in challenging financial positions," ...

Planners commission ban skips property

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... space. Property investments are not facing a ban on advice commissions due to the products being regulated by state governments and not the Federal Government. As a result, financial planners are now expanding into this space at a faster rate. As previously ...

AustralianSuper seizes infra leadership

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
... electorates against population growth is heavily linked to poor levels of infrastructure spending and planning by State governments. But this is just the tip of the iceberg as according to Infrastructure Partnerships Australia (IPA), the nation's infrastructure ...