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Magellan seeks $1m increase to director fees

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2022
... has since fallen over 50%. In explanatory notes, Magellan's board said it considered it reasonable and appropriate to seek shareholder approval for an increase to the current cap because it will allow the company to attract and retain high calibre ...

APRA proposes changes to successor fund transfers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2022
... consolidation likely to increase in coming years as poor performers and those with sustainability issues exit, and strong performers seek a competitive edge, it's important all trustees are prepared to initiate a timely transfer of members where indicators ...

Experts weigh in on Brookfield bid for Origin

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2022
Super funds and other shareholders could be in a position for a second time this year to approve a proposal to privatise an electricity provider, as Brookfield and MidOcean Energy bid to take over Origin Energy. Brookfield and MidOcean, an LNG company ...

New credit fund targets Australia

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2022
... position as a global hub for capital solutions." Chimera's chief executive Seif Fikry said the fund will enable Chimera to seek to provide investors with differentiated investment opportunities that combine running yield and downside protection, along ...

Confidence in a 'comfortable' retirement nears lows

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022
... of life, he added. Meanwhile, the report found that fear of not having enough money to retire is driving non-retirees to seek retirement-related information and wanting to be better prepared. Non-retirees shared they are seeking enhancements around projections ...

ASIC issues more stop orders

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022
The corporate regulator has placed interim stop orders on offers from Finnia Income (Finnia) in response to its flimsy target market determinations (TMDs). Finnia, an unlisted company, pursued a $20 million raise under a prospectus through the issue ...

Consultation opens on NHIF remit expansion

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
The government is seeking stakeholder views on broadening the remit of the National Housing Finance Infrastructure Facility (NHIF), administered by the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC), to attract more private capital into ...

Centuria launches new unlisted industrial fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2022
... significant North Queensland catchment area including Cairns, Townsville, and Mount Isa, he added. "Centuria continues to seek out strategically located, fit-for-purpose industrial assets that are underpinned by quality tenants on favourable leasing ...

Investment teams hire two men for every woman: Study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2022
... outlook and progress towards building an investment industry that truly represents the wide spectrum of beneficiaries we seek to assist." Moving away from gender, the study also found the number of asset managers disclosing investment team ethnicity ...

Interest rates will jump to slay "the evil of inflation": Lowe

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2022
At the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board dinner, governor Phillip Lowe expressed that interest rates will need to go higher to bring inflation back to target. After a seventh straight rate rise, whereby the bank lifted the interest rate to 2.85% ...