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Morrison Securities stake to net Sequoia $40m

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023
... of Morrison Securities to a digital wealth platform for $40.5 million. The listed wealth group is divesting 80% of its equity interest in the stockbroker to New Quantum Holdings, leaving Sequoia's balance sheet debt-free and with net working capital ...

Final voting for ESG Power50 open

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023
... zero carbon future, reporting and managing exposure to modern slavery and human rights exposures, covering the diversity, equity and inclusion agenda for recruiting and retaining talent and seeking solutions to improve the circular economy. The shortlisted ...

Diverse investment teams fare better: WTW

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
... in terms of net excess returns, a new report from WTW shows. Analysing more than 1500 investment strategies, WTW found equity and credit strategies display a gender diversity premium of 46bps and 14bps respectively. "We note that credit has a lower absolute ...

Gender balance is smart economics: CEW

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
... head for Australia & New Zealand for UBS Asset Management. It is not any individual organisation's fault that gender equity remains elusive, said Sarah Guthleben, head of people and culture at Frontier Advisors. "The problem is the pipeline for talent. ...

Airlie founder to step down, successor named

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
... working 17 years at Perpetual Investments, serving as its head of equities, and overseeing funds such as the Concentrated Equity and the Pure Value Share strategies. His portfolio management responsibilities at Airlie will transition to Matt Williams ...

AustralianSuper invests in build-to-rent-to-own affordable housing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
... project at 15 Thompson Street, Kensington. The 199-apartment project is the first in the Assemble Futures pipeline to receive equity investment from AustralianSuper. The fund has also committed to a third Assemble Futures project, with 171 apartments ...

Focus Financial acquired by PE firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2023
... NASDAQ-listed group that owns Escala Partners and several other local advice businesses has been acquired by a private equity firm for more than US$7 billion. Focus announced at the beginning of February that it was considering an offer to be acquired ...

Blue Orbit operations chief resigns

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2023
... learning. "Good luck to all of you as well. I look forward to my next journey, whatever that is." At the end of January, Equity Trustees notified investors in the Blue Orbit Global Small Cap Systematic Alpha Fund that the fund would be wound up, effective ...

Stafford Capital adds superannuation lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2023
... appointed to Australia Post Super, Milburn-Pyle Stephen has worked with Stafford in the timberland, infrastructure, private equity, and private credit sectors. In 2017 Stafford launched a dedicated private credit strategy or the APSS, the Stafford Credit ...

Capital markets spearhead next recession: CIO

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2023
... Ariel Investments chief investment officer Rupal Bhansali told Financial Standard that highly leveraged sectors, private equity in particular, are a cause for concern at a time when investors are worried about the next major economic downturn. Many investors ...