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Major economies buoyed by tight jobs market

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2023
Resilient job markets are keeping major economies above water, staring down the threat of a global recession, as well as geopolitical and climate woes. Newly released ABS figures show that Australia's labour market remained strong in June, adding ...

Maple-Brown Abbott names risk chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2023
First Sentier Investors' global head of financial crime compliance has jumped to Maple-Brown Abbott as chief risk officer and company secretary. Helen Birrell will replace Lata McNulty, who will leave the firm after an orderly handover later this ...

Warakirri buys almond farm

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023
... market deal, the fund's sixth investment is in the Sunraysia region on the Murray River and is one of the most land and water efficient large-scale almond orchards in the country, spanning over 350 planted hectares. Its tenant partner, Bright Light Agribusiness ...

CEFC backs agriculture investment platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2023
... to reduce its emissions, including reducing the use of synthetic fertiliser, improved landscape function to slow overland water flows, and the implementation of grazing management and soil carbon improvements. The allocation from CDPQ comes as part of ...

VanEck reduces management fees on ETFs

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2023
... networks and foundations for modern society to function including fibre networks, telecommunication towers, transport, energy, water, and social services, VanEck said. VanEck chief executive and managing director Asia Pacific Arian Neiron explained IFRA ...

Decade-long Santos well leak prompts investor concern

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2023
Santos has admitted that its retired offshore oil and gas field Legendre has been leaking gas for a decade, throwing into doubt investor abilities to meet net zero plans. Methane gas - a greenhouse gas 25 times more powerful than carbon dioxide - has ...

Property market peril to continue: Quay Global Investors

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2023
Overvaluation of assets in property has contributed to a choppy market and as investors smell blood in the water more bad news might be on its way. Speaking with Financial Standard, Quay Global Investors principal and portfolio manager Chris Bedingfield ...

Industry bodies respond to QAR recommendations

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023
The wealth management industry has broadly welcomed the bulk of the Quality of Advice Review recommendations Labor will prioritise, with many agreeing that the reforms will fix financial advice and ultimately benefit consumers. In releasing the first ...

Senate Committee rethinks franking credit changes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2023
The Senate Economics Legislation Committee has urged the government to review laws that would impact franked dividends funded by capital raisings. In February, the government tabled the Treasury Laws Amendment (2023 Measures No.1) Bill 2023 which among ...

Fraudulent property director charged

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2023
Michael David Steele has been charged with seven counts of fraud after he misled 14 investors into using their superannuation and other savings to invest a property development. Following an investigation, ASIC is alleging that between May 2016 and ...