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Lookin' for trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012

Variant Perceptions' variant perception

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... But not from ones of our own. The Sydney Morning Herald had this headline only yesterday, "Warning: after boom it'll be Dutch and go" and The Age has, "Optimism may just be wishful thinking" today. It's a long report but Variant Perception list of woes ...

Dutch pension fund files against GSAM

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
The Dutch transport workers' pension fund Pensioenfonds Vervoer has filed claims against ex-manager Goldman Sachs Asset Management International alleging negligence resulting in investment losses. Lawyers for the pension fund said the claims total 240 ...

Tell that to the marines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... markets) before banking supervisor s created, etcetera. Reuters added to this list last night, reporting that the Finns and the Dutch (is Dutches the plural form?) "will block the euro zone's permanent bailout fund from buying bonds in secondary markets&" ...

Real estate suffers as Europe goes DC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... out of it." Trickett argued that property had a larger role to play in liability-driven investment (LDI) calling out UK, Dutch and German schemes as simply buying local sovereign debt at very low yields to service the need. "Why am I not being encouraged ...

PE firms Myanmar bound

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... sanctions from Australia, Japan and the EU. Bagan Capital, together with the European Chamber of Commerce (Singapore), the Dutch Chamber of Commerce (Singapore), the Italian Chamber of Commerce (Singapore) and the Italian Chamber of Commerce (Singapore) ...

QE hope - must be getting tough again?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012
... Admittedly, the going is getting tougher in Europa as two European finmins remind us. It is "still far from stable" said Dutch finmin Kees de Jager and Italy could be the next one to needing a rescue added Austria's Maria Fekter. How tough? Expect "three ...

Consortium buys Challenger Infrastructure Fund assets

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
... Infrastructure Fund has sold half of its asset base for $A286.79 million to a consortium which includes Australian super funds and a Dutch pension fund. Challenger Infrastructure Fund (CIF) has entered into a binding sale agreement for its 66.2% stake ...

Grexit and the games people play

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
... cojones, emboldened by the growing clamour against austerity from French voters and the Spaniards, and the Italians and the Dutch. And oh, judging from austerity crusader Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) recent defeat to the pro-growth Social ...

Instant replay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... again last week, screened as the political uncertainty sparked by the runoff elections in France and the resignation of the Dutch government and Standard & Poor's two-notched downgrade of Spain's credit rating from A to BBB+ with a negative outlook. ...