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Australia home to high proportion of women billionaires

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2022
Australia has ranked third in the world for the highest proportion of female billionaires, according to Forbes' 36th annual billionaire list. The top spot was jointly held by Barbados and Portugal with one billionaire each (in both cases, a female). ...

OMERS acquires model tower company

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022
OMERS Infrastructure has announced it has signed an agreement to acquire independent telecommunication tower company Stilmark. The transaction will be the pension fund's second Australian tower investment in the last two months. In May OMERS announced ...

AXA IM revamps senior leadership team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
AXA IM Alts has announced a number of senior internal appointments to its Australian leadership team as part of its ongoing plan to drive growth in Australia's market. Antoine Mesnage has been appointed as AXA IM Alts head of Australia, effective ...

Allianz names new investment chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2022
Allianz Australia has appointed a new chief investment officer to replace Anthony Michael who departs the insurer next month. Allianz Australia has appointed a new investment chief to replace Anthony Michael who will quit the insurer in July after five ...

Atlas Arteria stonewalls IFM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2022
The Boards of Atlas Arteria have denied IFM Investors access to non-public and confidential information about the company and its assets. IFM stated its intention for said information to help the investment manager decide whether to submit a non-binding ...

IFM Investors becomes majority shareholder in Atlas Arteria

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2022
IFM Investors has taken 15% interest in the toll road operator. The acquisition, made via the Global Infrastructure Fund (IFM GIF) is comprised of a relevant interest and economic interest. The fund has said it regularly invests in companies that align ...

Citi names new head of securities services

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2022
Citi Australia has appointed Mark England as the new head of securities services following the retirement of long serving executive Martin Carpenter. England, the current co-head of sales for Citi Securities will relocate from Hong Kong to Australia ...

Barclays increases stake in Barrenjoey

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
Barclays has almost doubled its interest in Barrenjoey, providing additional capital to assist with the creation of fixed income derivatives and equity financing platforms. Barclays said Australia is an important part of its strategic growth plans in ...

Macquarie Group posts record earnings

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2022
Macquarie Group has posted a $A4.7 billion net profit for the year ended 31 March 2022, up 56% from the prior year. This strong result was carried by impressive performances across all the companies operating groups. Items within the banking group that ...

UBS promotes local real estate head

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2022
John Mowat, the current head of Australian real estate at UBS Asset Management, is taking on a regional leadership role. UBS has promoted Mowat to head of real estate, APAC. He will also retain his responsibilities as the local real estate lead. Having ...