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Super's defense against economic volatility

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2022
At the ASFA Conference, former deputy prime minister and Cbus chair Wayne Swan called superannuation a great triumph of social-democratic policy as it's become a major source of social stability. The world has become a more dangerous place, its ...

Wayne Swan joins AIST board

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2022
The AIST has announced the dual board appointment of the former federal treasurer and deputy prime minister alongside AustralianSuper executive Sarah Adams. Swan, the chair of Cbus, and Adams, the group executive strategy, reputation & corporate affairs ...

UBS Australia could be banned from Papua New Guinea

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2022
... gas field and its share price would rise as a result," senior counsel James Renwick told the Royal Commission. The then Prime Minister of PNG met Oil Search chief executive Peter Botten at a hotel in Port Moresby and agreed PNG should buy Oil Search ...

Coombes Property Group adds to industrial portfolio

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2022
... leased to 11 different tenants, sold on a sub 3.5% yield. "We're delighted to have secured this asset in what we see as a prime location in an extremely attractive segment of the market," Coombes said. CPG plans to retain the Botany site as an investment ...

Harvest Hotels snaps up Wagga pub

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2022
Wagga Wagga's prime-positioned CBD pub, The Vic, has been sold to Harvest Hotels for $29 million. Located on Baylis Street, the popular pub features a separate cocktail bar known as The Loft on the building's first floor, a public bar with TAB and viewing ...

Charter Hall, Investa in $800m JV

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2022
The $800 million state-of-the-art, prime office development at 360 Queen Street in Brisbane's CBD has secured two major, 12-year pre-commitment tenants. Global accounting and advisory firm BDO and Australian law firm HopgoodGanim Lawyers will take up ...

Australia imposes further sanctions on Russia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2022
... additional sanctions and support of Ukraine, Zelenskyy addressed Australian parliament. Welcoming Zelensky to parliament, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said: "Mr President, our pledge is that when freedom prevails, Australia will help the people of Ukraine ...

Aussie instos commit $50bn to UK projects

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2022
... through the former's recent acquisition of Williams Advanced Engineering in Oxford and the latter's planned UK expansion. UK prime minister Boris Johnson said: "I'm proud that some of Australia's leading businesses have chosen to invest in the UK, recognising ...

Floods, fires, plagues catered to in Budget

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... projected fiscal outcomes. Disaster recover efforts were noted as a contingent, unquantifiable liability for the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. The federal government provides funding to states and territories to assist with natural disaster ...

Excise tax, super top budget worries

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... around and say, 'the oil price is determined in a global market, it's beyond our control'," he says. He points out that Prime Minister Scott Morrison has already been criticised for telling the voting public that certain situations aren't his responsibility. ...