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Super funds, sovereign investors back $1bn VC fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2022
Blackbird Ventures has raised the nation's largest venture capital fund, receiving over $1 billion in committed capital from some of Australia and New Zealand's largest institutions. The fund consists of a $284 million core fund, $668 million follow-on ...

Aviva Investors appoints head of APAC

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2022
... Callendar said: "Richard brings over 20 years of experience, exceptional leadership skills and strong relationships with major Asian institutions, including SWFs, pension funds, insurers and GFIs." "His wealth of experience and expertise will be invaluable ...

Central banks to tighten on all sides: BlackRock

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
... for the ECB, one it's signaled may slow, and the fastest hiking cycle for the Fed since the 1980s," BII said. "Most major central banks aren't fully acknowledging that hiking enough to tame inflation will cause recessions, as we see it." BII ...

CPI poses awkward optics for RBA: Economist

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2022
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) commentary sometimes infers that Australia's inflation circumstances are different or less challenging than elsewhere in the developed country complex, but GSFM investment strategist Stephen Miller believes that any "difference" ...

Vicinity Centres head announces retirement

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2022
... and overseen change and strategic progress at Vicinity. Of particular note, under Grant's leadership, Vicinity executed a major asset recycling program that transformed the quality of Vicinity's retail asset portfolio," Gerber said. Kelley successfully ...

RBA downplays exchange rate inflationary impacts

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022
... likely to have reflected the effect of very low interest rates globally and unconventional monetary policies adopted by the major advanced economies in response to the global financial crisis. "Meanwhile, the RBA eased monetary policy from late 2011 ...

Retirees are silent casualties of inflation: Challenger

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2022
... according to a Challenger report. With retirees now living for about twice as long post-retirement, compared to the last major inflation crisis in the 1970s, the report's author, Challenger head of retirement income Aaron Minney says that many must ...

AL&P hires global, APAC business development heads

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2022
... our offerings to the needs of institutional investors and in expanding our market coverage." Lee added that there's been a major increase in demand for institutional investors who want to address their currency risk while generating returns through active ...

Separation of ANZ P&I business completes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2022
... and 589 applications were separated from ANZ. "This is a momentous achievement for our organisation and the industry as major banks exit from wealth management to simplify their businesses. We're thrilled to have successfully completed the P&I cutover ...

Challenger offloads banking business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022
... potential uplift in margin; and to provide a platform to grow the business. "Heartland's purchase of Challenger Bank signals a major step forward in our Australian expansion strategy. A pathway to acquiring an ADI licence would create access to deep ...