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Westpac closes Specialist Businesses Division

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023
... platforms, superannuation and retirement products, investments, general and life insurance, auto finance, and Westpac Pacific. Jason Yetton was appointed to lead the review of each business and, in the three years since, executed the divestment of most ...

Office sector down 8%: MSCI

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2023
... growth of -4%, yet this is a near reversal of the 3.9% recorded 12 months ago. MSCI head of real assets research for the Pacific Benjamin Martin-Henry said: "After months of speculation about when the market will see significant falls in value for the ...

European pension fund hands MaxCap $200m

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2023
... undisclosed investor clarified their rationale for shifting focus towards Australia, citing its prominence within the Asia Pacific market as a main driver. "The Asia Pacific region, and in particular, Australia, offers compelling risk-adjusted return ...

Commonwealth Bank backs Wollemi Capital

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2023
... created in 2021 by former Macquarie Capital global head Tim Bishop and Boston Consulting Group Digital Ventures head of Asia Pacific and Australia Paul Hunyor. Wollemi invests in climate solutions businesses in the food and agriculture, energy transition ...

abrdn's Jollie outlines next steps

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2023
... abrdn's Australian staff will now report to Ian Macdonald, APAC chief of staff and deputy chief executive for Asia Pacific. Jollie's career with abrdn spans 23 years including the last 14 years as head of the local business. Previous roles with ...

ASIC permanently bans David Sutton

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2023
... Australian and overseas investors in companies including Steppes Alternative Asset Management, Trinus Impact Capital, Avalon Pacific Group (APG) and ASAF Critical Metals and its Australian subsidiary, Aus Streaming. Sutton was deemed not a "fit and proper ...

Mercer appoints three new directors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023
... director of Household Capital, a financial services firm providing longevity income to senior Australians. Marsh McLennan Pacific chief executive David Bryant noted that as the firm continues to progress its strategic growth agenda across investments ...

Cbus delivers strong returns, grapples property headwinds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2023
... property, resulting in a deliberate underweight status in office space compared to the index. The fund acquired stakes in Pacific Fair on the Gold Coast and Macquarie Centre in Sydney. Cbus has also been "more focused" on Australia rather than offshore ...

E&P appoints new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2023
... since September 2018. He was previously a principal of Fort Street Advisers and worked in senior roles UBS and CVC Asia Pacific. E&P non-executive chair David Evans said: "We are extremely grateful to Peter for the admirable job he has done over the ...

Nuveen, Commonwealth Private partner to launch REIT

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2023
... to private commercial property in the top 2% of global cities, Nuveen explained. It will invest in North America, Asia Pacific, and Europe across sectors like built-to-rent housing and healthcare, such as medical offices and life science facilities. ...