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Australian Unity buys up hospital land

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2023
... Plant said. "This isn't expected to slow down, as by 2036 more than half a million people are set to join the growing western Melbourne population." Through this acquisition, AUHPT aims to its experience in healthcare-related development to provide ...

Pascoe Partners, OpenInvest launch online investing solution

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2023
... requiring the full personal advice service. "As a well-established firm with offices in Perth and the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, we have helped a very large number of clients establish their SMSF as a means to achieve long-term wealth creation ...

US default risk: Are credit default swaps signalling trouble?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023
A Western Asset product specialist says rising credit default swap (CDS) spreads have sparked concerns. However, he downplayed the risk of a US default, calling it a "very low probability event". Robert Abad recalled the sole instance of a "technical" ...

Cut spending and raise taxes, super preservation age: Grattan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023
... economy. In terms of spending reductions, it's recommended cutting spending on major defence and transport projects; undoing Western Australia's special deal on the GST; trimming spending on hospitals, pathology, and pharmaceuticals; reducing spending ...

Giving hope: Recent regulatory wins

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... national strategy developed by the government to address the issue of domestic and family violence in Australia. Finally, Western Australia has enacted much-needed reform by allowing de facto couples to split their superannuation assets in case of a ...

Fink warns of "slow rolling crisis"

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023
... said, was the first domino to drop. "Bond markets were down 15% last year, but it still seemed, as they say in those old Western movies, "quiet, too quiet." Something else had to give as the fastest pace of rate hikes since the 1980s exposed cracks in ...

Charter Hall acquires stake in healthcare facility

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2023
... (ARF) and the divestment of five non-core early learning properties. iQ, which was jointly developed by Charter Hall and Western Sydney University, is in the growing healthcare and research precinct of Westmead. Western Sydney University occupies approximately ...

HMC Capital adds director, institutional capital

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2023
... she worked at NAB Asset Management as a director of institutional distribution and an investment specialist and was the Western Australia business development manager for NGS Super. She has also held roles at Macquarie and Credit Suisse Asset Management. ...

Bloom raises $500k in seed funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2023
... we've just invested in the Dulacca Wind Farm, what does that mean," she said. "It means 150 homes in [Queensland's] Western Downs regions will be powered by clean energy. We're really linking complex investments to real-world impacts so people ...

Talaria hires head of sales

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2022
... independent private wealth advisory firm. The appointment follows the hiring of Sam Dowling as sales director for NSW and Western Australia in June this year. Talaria chief executive Jamie Mead commented that Oliver will bring invaluable knowledge and ...