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Property manager launches new fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016
Listed real estate funds manager Folkestone intends to launch a new fund in 2017, aimed at co-financing the development of a hotel at Sydney's Green Square. The Folkestone Green Square Hotel Fund plans to launch in March by raising about $22.5 million ...

Crestone signs former Rio Tinto CEO

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... governance experience as a board director in industry, resources and banking. Between 2000 and 2007 he was chief executive at Rio Tinto. He is currently chair of Qantas Airways, chair of Bechtel Australia and a director of Bechtel Group, and is involved ...

Central banks still got their mojo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
... Fed refrained from lifting the fed funds rate. And sure enough, where Wall Street goes... Equity markets from New York to Rio and ol' London town all closed in the black by the end of the trading week. The markets' reaction only proves that despite cries ...

Pilot, surgeon and soccer coach join FPA line up

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
... leadership and courage, sports journalist Tracey Holmes will deliver her insights having recently returned from reporting at the Rio Olympics. Pilot Richard de Crespingy flew the damaged Qantas aircraft QF32 to safety and will speak to delegates about ...

VanEck resources ETF upgraded by Lonsec

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... allocating a maximum weighting of 8% to individual stocks removing the large capitalisation biases to companies such as BHP and Rio Tinto which dominate traditional market capitalisation indices. Lonsec confirmed MVR's "underlying index differs from ...

AUI reports 11.7% profit slide

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
... 35c. The company's report attributed this to "a reduction in income from investments." Specifically, it identified BHP and Rio Tinto's decision to "abandon their long-standing progressive dividend policies in the face of a substantial cyclical downturn ...

MLC extends Rio Tinto insurance partnership

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
Members in the accumulation division of the Rio Tinto Staff Superannuation Fund (RTSSF) were recently moved to new insurance arrangements following MLC winning a market tender. The accumulation division was previously under self-insurance arrangements ...

Central bank Olympics - the race is on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
Some of the world's major central banks have already started the race even before the opening ceremony of "Rio 2016" on the 3rd of August. Perhaps it was much too early but the European Central Bank (ECB) opted not to start running when at its governing ...

Executive reshuffle at KPMG

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
... general manager for customer services at Service Stream. He has also held various executive IT roles at ANZ Bank, Telstra, Rio Tinto and Sensis. Craig is an advisory board member of the CIO Executive Council Australia/New Zealand. Chief financial officer ...

Australia tanks in global dividend index

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... of the year, but it gave a foretaste of what is to come. With Australian oil companies slashing their payments deeply, and Rio Tinto later this year joining BHP Billiton with cuts of its own, together these companies will knock US$5.5 billion ($7.6 billion) ...