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Helping everyone helps women

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
... include information technology and the automotive industry. Middle barrier industries were identified with healthcare and logistics as examples. These industries face an issue women dropping off at middle management compared to entry level. Financial ...

Frontier Advisors welcomes AustralianSuper director

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... include as executive director and chief operating officer at Linfox and Skilled Engineering, managing director of Westgate Logistics and managing director of Silk Logistics. He is a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a non-executive ...

Industry fund looks within for co-chair

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... last year the fund put investment adviser Orbis Investment Advisory "on watch" due to the firm's 23% holding in XPO Logistics, on the grounds that it was concerned with XPO's governance. "First Super is reconsidering its long-standing investment with ...

Industry fund publicly shames investment adviser

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2019
... to ESG concerns. First Super said Orbis Investment Advisory is on watch due to its approximately 23% holding in XPO Logistics. XPO Logistics is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and headquartered in Connecticut. First Super has serious concerns about ...

AMP Capital hires fund manager from competitor

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... management strategy and leading the launch of its Metro Office fund. Reporting to AMP Capital managing director office and logistics Luke Briscoe, Georgeos will help the firm convert on its momentum and meet its upcoming investment commitments. "I am ...

Blackstone makes $8.7 billion purchase

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... US$4.7 billion (AU$6.9 billion) in September and the purchase of U.S industrial warehouse properties from Singapore-based logistics provider for US$18.7 billion (AU$27.6 billion) in June.

Whitehelm launches infrastructure fund locally

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... with exposure to volume and pricing risk are avoided, as are sectors with low margins and more volatile earnings, like logistics. Whitehelm portfolio manager Ursula Tonkin said the fund aimed to be the "ideal defensive component of a balanced retail ...

AMP Capital restructures real estate arm

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... The global investment manager has split its real estate business into two specialist sectors: retail, and office and logistics. As a result, the firm's real estate leadership has been reshuffled, with Brett Williams and Luke Briscoe appointed as managing ...

DWS acquires QLD distribution centre

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
... facilities made by the investment manager. DWS acquired it on behalf of its Asia Core Real Estate Fund from Frasers Logistics & Industrial Trust, who will retain the other half of the facility. The 15.5 hectare facility was built in 2008 and extended ...

Charter Hall industrial fund scores top Lonsec rating

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... demand for long-term leases of large, well-located and adaptable industrial sites covering a variety of uses including logistics, distribution, storage, manufacturing and food processing," Lonsec said. "Additionally, all direct properties bar one are ...