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Brisbane adviser receives top planning award

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
... to her. "Not only is it an honour to receive this award in memorial of Gwen Fletcher, who was such an inspiration and a pioneer for the industry, but it also means a lot to receive recognition for my hard work," Abraham said. "I know the high level of ...

Macquarie buys UK investment bank for $4bn

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
A Macquarie-led consortium will acquire a UK investment bank for £2.3 billion ($3.9 billion) and merge it with its existing UK infrastructure business. Macquarie, along with the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), purchased the Green Investment ...

Collective power: What's next for profit-to-member funds?

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
Industry super thought leaders have urged the sector to harness the power of the collective and collaborate more closely on problem solving to ensure longevity and continued member engagement. Speaking at the Mavis Robertson Plenary at the 2017 Conference ...

Prospectus lodged for ethically screened LIC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... fund incubation business Ascalon Capital Managers, which owns one third of Morphic, to invest $5 million in the IPO. LIC pioneer Geoff Wilson will also invest $1.1 million and will be introducing MEC to shareholders in the Wilson Asset Management LIC ...

RBC secures custody mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
RBC Investor and Treasury Services won the custody and administration mandate for a diversified Australian financial services provider with more than $1.25 billion in funds under management. The investor and treasury services arm of the Royal Bank of ...

Ignition Wealth launches goals-based investing

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
... Ignition Wealth will launch a goals-based investment offering. The company, which received financial backing from planning pioneer Barry Lambert last year, has appointed SiResearch to provide adaptive asset allocation built around goals which have a ...

NZ SMEs to receive $260m VC boost

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
... venture capital funds. The fund will invest up to NZ$90 million in Direct Capital's V Fund, up to NZ$120 million into Pioneer Capital's III Fund and up to NZ$50 million in Movac's IV Fund, targeting three separate parts of the New Zealand private equity ...

Impact investing driving advice growth

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... to try and achieve some of those outcomes." Super fund for the health and community services industries, HESTA, was a pioneer on the impact investing front and in 2015 made the biggest commitment by an Australian fund to the local impact investing market. ...

Eaton Vance acquires $16bn fund manager

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
... management. An indirect subsidiary of Ameritas Holding Company, Calvert Investment Management was formed in 1976 and has been a pioneer in the responsible investment sector. Its Calvert Social Investment Fund (later renamed the Calvert Balanced Portfolio) ...

NSW Medical Devices Fund grants $8.6m

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
Two Australian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association member companies have received part of the $8.6 million in funding from the NSW Government's Medical Devices Fund to bring new treatments and technologies to the market. University backed ...