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Macquarie infrastructure head joins KKR

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
... experience in the global infrastructure industry in both Sydney and London. KKR global co-head of infrastructure and head of Spain, Jesus Olmos, said: "Tara's considerable experience in both fund investments and advisory will bring a new dimension to ...

Whitehelm Capital and Prime Super partner for bond investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
... investment in a senior secured bond issuance by Autovia del Noroeste (Aunor), a mature shadow toll road located in Murcia, Spain. Whitehelm's investment was made on behalf of industry superannuation fund Prime Super, for €33 million (A$48 million). ...

Demographic darlings and disasters revealed

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
... while those that score poorly are "demographic disasters". Economies in this second group include Japan, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Germany. A third group - "demographic deviants" - have favourable population pyramids but relatively weak institutions. ...

Australian expats pension protected

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
... Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Malta, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland and the USA.

Quantitative easing eases bank lending

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015

Lead us not into a recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... Australia's budget deficit to GDP to be 2.4% by year-end. This compares with 2.6% for the US, 6.8% for Japan, 4.4% for the UK and Spain and 2.7% for China. Sure, austerity and thrift is good... but not if every sector in the economy is doing it for one ...

Graccident averted (yet again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
... month, last week and yesterday's talks of "Grexit", "Grexodus" and "Graccident" vapourised. And then, there was contagion. Spain's equity market rallied by 3.9%, Italy's by 3.5%, Portugal's by 2.2%, Ireland's by 1.0% and their bond yields and their respective ...

ANALYSIS: The rise of the periphery

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
When the global financial crisis broke, people dubbed them the PIIGS. Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain were the ugly ducklings of Europe. They had inefficient economies, had been relying on EU funding and were heavily indebted. Today, most ...

Saxo launches trading platform for SMSFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... the most important factor when choosing a trading provider. At the same time, clients in Australia, along with Poland and Spain, are among the most risk conscious, and do not place a high importance on low margin requirements. The launch of the trading ...

Strong USD reflects (deflects) lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... would run out of money in April, March, May and now June... and then extended - the weekend's local elections result in Spain has become a worry. The Spanish local elections saw two anti-austerity parties - Podemos and Ciudadanos - holding the balance ...