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GBST director resigns in board renewal

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
... Sundell was a non-executive director on GBST's board since 2001. He has been a managing director of Sydney-based private investment firm Crown Financial and was a director at Infochoice from 2006 to 2008. Commenting on Sundell's resignation, GBST chair ...

Standard Life Investments calls for more monetary easing

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
... have been successful in limiting stress in financial markets, but not sufficient to trigger an increase in private investment or persuade governments to launch large-scale infrastructure investment programmes," he said. "Our view is that investors are ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
... 2015. This compares with the January-April expansion of 10.5% and expectations for steady growth at 10.5%. Private investment slowed sharply to 3.9% in the first five months of this year compared with last year's January to May period, from the 5.2% ...

Government bonds no longer a safe bet

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
... times when things are poor." Speaking on the need for diversification, panel member Michael Karagianis, head of private investment consulting (NAB) at MLC Investment Management said that advisers must start to speak with clients about having a meaningful ...

Super funds promote affordable housing ideas

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
... achieve home ownership. The working group is now assessing the submissions to identify barriers to large scale private investment in social and affordable rental housing, and to identify complementary reforms to better encourage and facilitate invest ...

Russell Investments sold to TA Associates

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... companies around the world and has raised more than $18 billion in capital. Reverence Capital Partners is a private investment firm focused on investing in financial services companies.

Lead us not into a recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... the horse he has led to water but drink he cannot make them. The latest National Accounts attests to this. Private investment subtracted 0.1pp to second quarter growth and inventories deducted another 0.2pp. What kept the second quarter economy afloat ...

Perth toll road an opportunity for super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... Infrastructure Audit Report released in April, was a statement that said over recent years, rates of public and private investment in infrastructure have been higher than the long-term average. The audit also found that government funding alone is unlikely ...

FEATURE: The infrastructure love story

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... Infrastructure Audit Report released in April, was a statement that said over recent years, rates of public and private investment in infrastructure have been higher than the long-term average. Yet the audit goes on to find that government funding alone ...

PROFILE: PGI chief executive Grant Forster

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... "It was very difficult to get in [BT]. But when I arrived they were setting up a high net worth area called Private Investment Division and there were very few people in Australia who knew what private banking was." To read the full story, download the ...