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Global manager acquires Australian tech firm

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
An $81 billion international investment manager took the majority stake in a large Australian provider of specialist medical software. IFM Investors, via its private equity business, acquired Genie Solutions, a software business established in 1995 ...

Investment group takes majority stake in global advice firm

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
An investment consortium will acquire a majority stake in international advice network Focus Financial, which recently acquired a Brisbane advice firm with MW Lomax and has expressed further plans for its Australian expansion. In the past, Focus has ...

First State Super wins government lease

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
... our members," Webb said. He noted First State Super has also invested in major infrastructure projects such as the International Convention Centre Sydney, Barangaroo, Bankstown and Camden Airports, and hospitals in the Sunshine Coast and Bendigo. The ...

NAB retains long-term asset servicing mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
... we are proud to remain a major partner of theirs." "A modern university has complex banking needs in a range of international markets. The university and higher education sectors are extremely important markets for Asset Servicing and the broader NAB ...

ACSI welcomes new member

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2017
... superannuation fund Qantas Super, which manages more than $7 billion in funds, will join 35 other Australian and international members, including many profit-to-member super funds. As a group, ACSI members have committed to enhancing the long-term value ...

Workplace default funds deliver strong returns

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
More than 75% of workplace default superannuation options achieved annual returns over 10% for the year ending February 2017, with 40% achieving annual returns over 12%, latest Rainmaker research shows. The researcher found that February marked the ...

LGS reinstates responsible investing restrictions

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... certain parts of the nuclear industry in 2014, but has reapplied the investment screen across LGS' Australian and international share portfolios to exclude any companies that derive more than 10% of their revenue from these specific activities. LGS chief ...

Forager senior analyst to exit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... the fund will continue to operate as normal. "We already had plans to recruit two new analysts - a senior for our International Shares Fund and a junior for the Australian Shares Fund - and with Daniel's decision to resign we've upgraded that latter ...

Singapore fintech shutters Australian business

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... to close CoAssets' crowdfunding and funds management businesses in Australia followed a review of the company's international operations, which determined that any further expansion here would require a strategic partner to adapt to upcoming regulatory ...

Not as good as the headline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... Us, Australians all, should be rejoicing at the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report that the country's international trade surplus widened by 138% to A$3.57 billion in February from A$1.5 billion in the previous month. This is second best to ...