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Oreana targets early education assets with new fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
Following its expanded footprint in Australia, the property development and investment firm has launched a new fund targeting early education properties for wholesale and institutional investors. The fund is seeking an initial capital raise of $60 million ...

Resolution Capital to list second active ETF

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
Resolution Capital will add another active ETF to its product lineup next week. The Resolution Capital Global Listed Infrastructure Fund - Active ETF (RIIF) will launch on the ASX on Tuesday, March 25. The new offering provides direct listed access ...

AMP staff surveillance slammed by FSU

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
The Finance Sector Union (FSU) has slammed a "draconian" employment contract issued to AMP staff. Staff have been given one week to sign the new employment contracts that enables AMP to carry out continuous video surveillance of them no matter where ...

CEFC funds sustainable real estate credit projects

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is partnering with Goldman Sachs Alternatives to pour $160 million into sustainable real estate. The investment is being made alongside the Goldman-managed Real Estate Credit Partners (RECP IV) fund and will ...

Clean energy strategies a gateway to long-term growth

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025
Although fossil fuel investment has increased in the short term, all natural resources companies surveyed by Willis, a WTW business, have some form of a clean energy strategy. Willis' survey of 450 "senior decision markers" in energy and natural resources ...

Australia must focus on 'friend-shoring': UNSW

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
The first research from the e61-UNSW Policy Research Partnership has highlighted the major economic policy challenges faced by Australia and made five key recommendations ahead of this year's federal election. The research found that navigating United ...

HNW clients demand more non-custody assets: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
More high-net-worth (HNW) clients are investing in non-custody assets as 75% of financial advisers report a growing demand in unique opportunities such private equity and other alternatives, a new survey from Praemium finds. Such assets comprise an ...

Dania Zinurova exits Wilson AM

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
Wilson Asset Management's alternative assets specialist has popped up at Dexus as its head of infrastructure funds. Dania Zinurova - the portfolio manager for WAM Alternative Assets and now fund manager of Dexus Diversified Infrastructure Trust ...

Apex on local hiring spree

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
Apex Group is on track to achieve 20% annual organic sales growth over the next two years and plans to triple its headcount to 1000. After acquiring Iress' superannuation platform late last year, Apex's big opportunity is in member administration ...

Cost-of-living continues to rock retirement confidence

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
Research by Colonial First State (CFS) finds Australians have adjusted their retirement expectations in the last 12 months to a more modest outlook, with cost-of-living pressures being the main cause. Based on a national survey of 2250 Australians ...