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AustralianSuper, Brookfield in second US deal

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
Plans to have about 10% of AustralianSuper's fund assets allocated to property were bolstered by a second joint partnership with Brookfield Property Partners recently. The most recent partnership saw Brookfield sell AustralianSuper a 49% stake in eight ...

AustralianSuper buys $370m stake in Boston building

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
AustralianSuper has acquired a 49% stake in a building in Boston following a joint venture partnership with US-based Brookfield Property Partners. The property is valued at US$605 million (about $760 million), of which US$296.45 million (around $370 ...

Vantage launches SMSF-ready private equity fund

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
Private equity funds specialist, Vantage Asset Management, has launched a new $100 million private equity fund of funds aimed at improving self-managed super fund investors' access to the asset class. The Vantage Private Equity Growth 2 (VPEG2) fund ...

Treasury Group CEO to step down

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
Treasury Group chief executive and managing director will leave the company later this year and will be replaced by the business' executive director. Andrew McGill was appointed to the role on July 2011 and was previously a founder and partner of mid-market ...

AustralianSuper adds London site to property portfolio

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
AustralianSuper has bought a 25% stake in a large mixed-use property investment in London's King's Cross. The purchase is the $84 billion industry super fund's first direct London investment and only its second in the UK. AustralianSuper will join the ...

Accounting businesses drag Countplus profit

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
Countplus profit was down 10.3% for the six months to December 2014, with results reflecting challenging conditions in the accounting and business service area, the company reported. Countplus net profit after tax was $6.08 million, down 10.3%. However ...

BTFG restructures investment business

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
BT Financial Group has reorganised to bring a number of separate investment business units under the same umbrella. BT Investment Solutions, as the division will be known, ties together Advance Asset Management, Westpac Online Investing and BT's own ...

AustralianSuper appoints Principal to advise on US real estate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
Giant industry fund AustralianSuper has selected Principal Real Estate as its investment advisor for its US office strategy, effective immediately. The non-discretionary mandate will focus on large, high-quality office investments in major US markets ...

Stephen Godfrey awarded FPA adviser of the year

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
Brisbane-based Visis Private Wealth adviser Stephen Godfrey won the Financial Planning Association (FPA) financial planner of the year award presented at the FPA Congress in Adelaide. FPA chief executive Mark Rantall highlighted Godfrey's "fact finding ...

Copia appoints new manager from Bennelong

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
Copia Investment Partners has appointed Adam Tweedale to the role of state manager, southern region as it continues to build its business in Australia. Tweedale was previously director of distribution at Bennelong Funds Management where he was director ...