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Dexus reports $752.7m loss

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023
Reporting its annual results to the ASX, Dexus has taken a $752.7 million hit, primarily driven by unrealised valuation losses on its investment properties. In its FY23 results, Dexus disclosed that adjusted funds from operations stood at $555 million. ...

Retail investors ready to dive back in: Survey

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023
Australian retail investors are looking for new investment opportunities, with half of respondents looking to increase the scale of their investments in the next year, according to Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) latest annual ...

Institutional investor pumps $750m into Qualitas fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023
The commitment to the Qualitas Construction Debt Fund II will allow the investment manager to capitalise on upcoming attractive opportunities in the commercial real estate (CRE) private credit sector. The commitment of $750 million by an unnamed institutional ...

Equity Trustees to exit UK, Ireland

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2023
EQT Holdings, the holding company for Equity Trustees, confirmed it will exit its businesses in the UK and Ireland. Equity Trustees managing director Mick O'Brien said: "We are advanced in assessing options to determine the best exit from our investment ...

Challenger Life books record annuity sales

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2023
Challenger Life reaped the benefits of regulatory reforms in the 2023 financial year and a greying population as retail and institutional investors alike increasingly turn to retirement income products. Annuity sales stemming from the domestic retail ...

MFS appoints new country head

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2023
MFS Investment Management has appointed Josh Barton as managing director and head of Australia and New Zealand, replacing Marian Poirier. Barton is currently responsible for leading the firm's sales efforts involving institutional investors in Australia ...

Assembly launches second diversified fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2023
Assembly Funds Management (AFM) has initiated a limited first close of its second diversified real estate fund, ADPF2, aiming to capitalise on value add and special situations opportunities in the market. AFM's first fund, ADPF1, which has $350 million ...

Active Super to face action over greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
ASIC has filed a suit against Active Super over greenwashing claims, alleging, among other charges, that the super fund was invested in Russian assets after the invasion of Ukraine while purporting otherwise to members. The markets regulator has commenced ...

AustralianSuper bungle underpays some Choice members

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023
A calculation error has forced AustralianSuper to remediate some of its members invested in its Australian Shares option about $2 million. The "credit rating error" affected members who are invested in the Australian Shares option only. "Between 2 June  ...

ASIC sues debt management firm, director

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023
ASIC is suing a debt management firm and its director after it found only 5% of customers achieved a debt reduction and some payments made by customers were never even passed on to their creditors. ASIC has commenced proceedings in the federal court ...