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

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
A consortium lead by Asia's richest man has purchased a British gas distribution company from investors including Macquarie Global Infrastructure Funds 2 SARL and AMP Capital. The deal to purchase Wales & West Utilities Limited - subject to European ...

Playing with a loaded dice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... But could you recall a time when they haven't? Even during boom times, investors worry about inflation and/or rising interest rates and/or a potential bust. Recall too that back in 2009 when equity and commodity markets were surging, markets found something ...

Mariner calls it quits on Austock offer

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
Mariner Corporation has withdrawn its takeover offer for Austock after a "blatant attempt" to block its bid. In a statement to the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) yesterday Mariner Corporation said that the sale of the Austock property management business ...

Lucky in so many ways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
... servicing burdens have declined..." "As a result of lower house prices and therefore lower loan sizes, somewhat lower interest rates and a good deal of income growth, the repayment on a new loan on a median-priced house as a share of average income is ...

Former UniSuper CIO joins legalsuper

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
Former UniSuper chief investment officer and acting chief executive, David St John, has been appointed independent chairman of legalsuper's investment committee. In this role, St John will oversee conduct of investment committee meetings and report ...

Kinks in Stronger Super armour

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
... governance around things like trustee behaviour, risk management, reserving, outsourcing, remuneration policies, conflicts of interest and all those things critical to what ultimately happens to members have the potential to lead to better outcomes. ...

Babson Capital gaining traction

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
... the banks' stranglehold. Discussions with Australian superannuation funds are progressing well, and there is a definite interest in investing in the fund, whether through an account, or as a co-managed vehicle, he said. "We have been talking to investors ...

ACCC clears Hastings offer

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... transmission pipelines in Australia including the Moomba to Sydney Pipeline, the Victorian Transmission System and a 50% interest in the SEA Gas pipeline. APA has agreed to sell its Moomba-to-Adelaide pipeline (MAPS) to alleviate the ACCC's concerns. ...

Industry funds ride SMSF wave

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... assets managed through the platform so members are voting with their feet," Dunbar said. "The second theme is the level of interest coming from the market in adopting this type of solution." Dunbar said they are "well progressed" with one other industry ...

AIMA helping super funds plan HF moves

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... said that not too much should be read into the figures and that Australian super funds are demonstrating an increased interest in the area. "Many of the [Australian] funds have got to 3% of the total portfolio in hedge funds, but at the same time there ...