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UniSuper invests $623m in Macquarie green fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2024
... renewable sector with a growing pipeline of opportunities across geographies, technologies, power markets, renewable resources, and asset lifecycle stages. UniSuper chief investment officer John Pearce said the super fund is a significant investor of ...

Income inequality elevated, spikes: Oxfam

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2024
... Further, Oxfam found that low-income countries face a debt crisis as their massive debt and interest repayments divert resources from crucial areas like public education, healthcare, and social safety nets, threatening to unravel hard-won development ...

Global Alternative Funds names managing director

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024
... credit, private equity, infrastructure and venture capital. It does not invest in hedge funds, cryptocurrency or natural resources. Private equity makes up about a third of GAF's investments, with private credit, special situations and distress for ...

'Licensee for hire' fined $1.25m by court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024
... Federal Court, which found Lanterne failed to have adequate risk management systems; have adequate technological and human resources to provide the services covered by its licence; ensure that its representatives were adequately trained; maintain the ...

Non-compete clauses come under the microscope

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
... workers who lack the knowledge of court proceedings and decisions, and the financial, psychological, and reputational resources to bargain and undertake litigation. "This can result in a 'chilling effect' on job mobility, where a worker's beliefs about ...

Super funds' IDR process weak, inadequate: AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2024
... consequently aggravated wait times in AFCA allocating caseworkers to complainants. "We have increased our caseworker resources to assist in managing our increased volumes and one of our seven case management teams in superannuation is now specialising ...

Indigenous communities reunited with $25m in lost super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... of organisations trained through its On Country program - which distributed culturally appropriate financial literacy resources - to 277, up from eight in 2022. "We have a clear purpose at FNF and that's to financially empower all First Nations Australians," ...

PE deals tumble again, down 63%: Bain & Company

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2024
... of 2023 exits. Technology was again the largest industry sector in terms of deals and exits. The energy and natural resources sectors were the only sectors that saw deal value and volume grow - indicative of investors increasingly betting on assets related ...

Listed companies drive economy's momentum: ABDO

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... laggard. While it may have fallen out of favour with some investors, Bruce sees a "good absolute value opportunity" in the resources sector. "Our view is that the outlook for China and iron ore is better than the market - so resources are attractive," ...

Markets, economies benefit from eustress: ABDO

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... as "eustress" or positive stress. "Eustress is all about sufficiently challenging yourself without expending all the resources. From an individual perspective, we need stress - a healthy level of stress. Of course, you can have too much stress, which ...