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Charter Hall reduces commitment to Long Wale REIT

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
After initially shelving the IPO of its Long WALE REIT, Charter Hall has re-launched it on the ASX with a reduced equity interest. Charter Hall announced on October 27 that institutional and broker firm offers had been fully underwritten. Adding that ...

Cbus continues investment team expansion

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
Industry superannuation fund Cbus has appointed a new general manager, investments taxation. Daryn Loo joins the $34 billion fund from Deloitte, where he was tax director - financial services. Prior to that, he was a tax manager for mergers and acquisitions ...

Banks balancing profit and capital adequacy

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
Australia's largest banks are having difficulty maintaining growth given a sluggish economy and increasing regulatory pressure, according to several industry analysts. KPMG's Major Australian Banks Full Year 2016 Analysis Report shows a 2.5% drop in ...

Singapore sovereign wealth fund buys $3.4bn asset

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, GIC, has acquired a major developer and manager of European logistics properties for €2.4 billion ($3.4 billion). P3 Logistics Parts is one of Europe's biggest logistics platforms, with a 3.3 million square metre ...

Suncorp partners for first annuity product

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
Suncorp has partnered with Challenger to launch its first annuity product. The annuity product carries the Suncorp brand and will be distributed through Suncorp advisers. Suncorp chief executive Michael Cameron explained: "By offering a Suncorp-branded ...

ANZ appoints tech exec, CIO departs

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
ANZ has appointed a new group executive technology. Gerard Florian, who will report directly to chief executive Shayne Elliott, joins the group from Dimension Data where he was chief strategy officer, Cloud Business Unit. Prior to that, he was Australian ...

IRESS appoints new CTO from IOOF

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
IRESS has appointed a new technology officer. Andrew Todd joins IRESS from IOOF, where he was chief information officer. Prior to that, he was chief information officer at Australian Wealth Management (which was subsequently acquired by IOOF). He has ...

ANZ wealth sale marks end of an advice era

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
ANZ's potential sale of its wealth business will send ripples through the succession plans of many advice businesses now that banks can no longer be considered a "buyer of last resort." During a media briefing discussing the bank's full-year results ...

Watermark launches global market neutral LIC

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
Watermark Funds Management has launched its IPO for Australia's first global market neutral LIC. The Watermark Global Leaders Fund uses long and short positions in a global equity portfolio to deliver a fully market neutral strategy, and aims to deliver ...

VicSuper appoints new CIO

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
VicSuper has appointed a new chief investment officer. Before joining the $17 billion super fund, Andrew Howard was chief investment officer at Pacific Current Group (formerly Treasury Group). Prior to that he was chief investment officer Asia-Pacific ...