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ICG acquires major WA wind farm

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
Infrastructure Capital Group completed a full acquisition of one of Western Australia's largest wind farms.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
US PMI slows but remains in expansion; Eurozone labour costs increase; UK distributive trades survey rises; no change in BOJ policy.

Trump to boost Aussie commodities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
The squashed Australian commodity sector is expected to receive salvation from President-elect Trump come the New Year.

Centrepoint sells funding business for $20m

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
Centrepoint Alliance sold its Premium Funding business following a strategic review.

MYEFO: Surplus of promises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison's Budget update showed the current deficit will beam up by a cumulative $10.3 billion over the next four years to 2019-20.

Software provider signs four Aussie hedge funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
An international cloud-based software provider will expand into Australia via four newly-signed hedge fund clients.

NZ SMEs to receive $260m VC boost

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
The NZ Super Fund will invest $260 million into SMEs across New Zealand over the next five to ten years via a range of venture capital funds.

Equities on the nose in 2016

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
Investors moving in and out of equities-based managed funds are showing less confidence in the asset class as volatile markets continue alongside sustained political uncertainty.

Bendigo sells estates business

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank sold the trust and estates business of its subsidiary, Sandhurst Trustees, for $5 million.

The year that was and the year that will be

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
Here are some of the risks we should be alert to as 2016 becomes 2017.