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ACFS director steps down

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
After six years as an executive director at the Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS), Professor Deborah Ralston is stepping down from her role. In overseeing the continuing development of the centre, Ralston initiated projects such as the ...

Raising Preservation Age could be problematic

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
An industry group believes raising the superannuation Preservation Age would see the number of involuntary retirees blow out while a separate group says the idea needs to be flexible in allowing early super access. Following a Productivity Commission ...

Wilson to raise $550m for philanthropic LIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
Wilson Asset Management chairman Geoff Wilson wants to raise $550 million for a philanthropic listed fund, the largest float for a listed investment company (LIC) in Australia. The Future Generation Global Investment Company Limited (FGG) will have ...

Federation Centres to rebrand as Vicinity Centres

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
Federation Centres has announced that it intends to rebrand as Vicinity Centres following securityholder approval. Federation Limited is the listed company within the FDC stapled group. The rebrand follows the merger between the Federation Centres and ...

Australia lagging in Asia-Pacific financial relationships

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
Although the Asia-Pacific region represents about two-thirds of Australia's global trading relationships, the region accounts for less than one-third of Australia's financial relationships. This is one of the findings in a Finsia-sponsored report by ...

ACCC approves Federations Centres and Novion merger

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will not oppose Federation Centres' proposed acquisition of Novion Property Group, paving the way for the new combined group to become a major player in Australia's highly concentrated institutional ...

Experts urge govt to do more to boost infra investment

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
Governments should take advantage of low interest rates to finance productive infrastructure and 'de-risk' greenfield projects to make them more attractive to private investors. That was one of the conclusions at a recent roundtable discussion hosted ...

Federation Centres and Novion tee up merger

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
Federation Centres and Novion Property Group have announced a merger that will create one of the country's largest real estate investment trusts, with more than $22 billion in assets under management. The companies hope the merger, which will see the ...

Laminar fund wins award for innovation

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
Laminar Credit Opportunity Fund has been awarded the Victorian Innovation in Funds Management Award at the Melbourne Financial Services Symposium in Melbourne yesterday. The award, which is sponsored by the Victorian Government, recognises firms who ...

ACFS appoints execs from ANZ and EY

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
The Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS) has appointed two senior executives from the financial services industry. Amy Auster joins as deputy director from ANZ, where for most of the last decade she worked as an economist, strategist senior ...