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Quinbrook acquires battery storage specialist

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2021
Renewable energy infrastructure investor Quinbrook Investment Partners has acquired a UK-based battery storage trading platform. Quinbrook has acquired Habitat Energy, a specialist in battery storage optimisation based in Oxford, UK. It will support ...

QSuper, Sunsuper unveil rebrand

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021
QSuper and Sunsuper unveiled a new name ahead of their planned merger, set to finalise early next year. The combined $230 billion super fund will be known as Australian Retirement Trust. Sunsuper's 1.4 million members will become members of Australian ...

Kelly Partners acquires in NSW

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021
Kelly Partners Group acquired a financial advice and accounting firm based in Sydney's Northern Beaches. The unnamed wealth management firm is expected to generate between $910,000 and $1.3 million for its new owner. When the transaction finalises in ...

Blackstone invests $925m for stake in Grosvenor Place

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021
... Grosvenor Place office tower in Sydney CBD. The private equity giant has acquired the stake from Dexus (37.5%) and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (12.5%). Dexus said it would use part of its proceeds ($694m) from the sale to repay debt. The 50% ...

New head of strategy at Crescent Group

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021
... Sayd Farook to the head of strategy role, based in Sydney. His appointment comes as the group launches a five-year strategic plan to grow its assets under management to $5 billion by the end of 2026. Offering Islamic-compliant mortgages through Crescent ...

Economic recap: Week to December 3

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021
Australians all, let us rejoice... for despite the Delta-induced lockdowns in the September quarter, the domestic economy shrank by much less than most of us were expecting. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) National Accounts report shows ...

AAT downgrades adviser banning

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021
A former financial adviser who copped an eight-year ban early this year will now serve a shorter banning order. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal reduced Lisa Lee's banning to six years. Her appeal to the AAT heard that she "accepted that what she ...

Super funds attracting more women to investment work

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021
Australian super funds growing their in-house asset management teams is having a positive impact on gender equality in investment management, with more women wanting to work with profit-to-member funds than other funds management firms. According to ...

AMP North further expands menu

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021
AMP's platform North made 20 investment options available in December. One dozen sustainability and eight technology-themed options are now available to financial advisers. The technology-themed options reflect growing appetite among advisers and ...

Clime partners for $330m SMAs

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021
Clime Investment Management has partnered with a managed accounts specialist to create a $330 million product. On December 2, Ralton Asset Management and Clime entered an exclusive agreement to combine their separately managed accounts businesses. The ...