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Chief economist update: Home sweet home

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021
"Boom boom boom boom!" - Vengaboys The Australian property market should adopt this as its official anthem. The property craze in this Land Down Under is best portrayed by an article in the Daily Telegraph telling the story about "a mouldy 1970s house ...

Rest hires from QSuper

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021
Rest has appointed a chief financial officer, hiring from QSuper. Kulwant Singh-Pangly will lead Rest's team responsible for financial management and strategy, and taxation. In his most recent role, Singh-Pangly spent nearly eight years at QSuper ...

Court says minister has 'duty of care' in coal investment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021
The Federal Court has ruled in favour of eight high school students, finding that the Federal Environment Minister has a duty of care not to cause them harm from climate change. The case was brought by Equity Generation Lawyers principal David Barnden. ...

Former adviser charged with $3.3m fraud

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
A former Sentinel Wealth financial adviser with a gambling addiction has been charged with stealing $3.3 million from clients. New South Wales Police confirmed to Financial Standard that Gavin Fineff was charged with 18 offences of dishonestly obtaining ...

Former adviser jailed for six years

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2021
A former financial adviser will spend six years in prison for stealing nearly $3 million of clients' superannuation money. The District Court of New South Wales found Ross Andrew Hopkins, from Killara, guilty of 15 offences. Hopkins was the sole ...

Charter Hall grows portfolio by $800m

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... Australian Red Cross building in Alexandria. The portfolio is to be owned by Charter Hall Direct funds and the Charter Hall Long WALE REIT. The latter will own 50% of each asset, with Direct funds owning the other half. The Charter Hall Direct Office ...

Australian Unity to acquire aged care facility provider

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
Australian Unity flagged it will purchase a provider of boutique retirement villages with operations in Queensland and New South Wales for $65 million. The ASX-listed company announced today that it intends to accelerate the expansion of its retirement ...

New responsible agricultural fund seeks $300m

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
An agricultural investment manager is launching a new fund to sophisticated investors that uses land restoration practices that combats carbon emissions and Australia's drought problem. Brisbane-based Australian cattle property investment manager ...

Prince urges funds to join sustainability initiative

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
Addressing the annual Conference of Major Superannuation Funds, the Prince of Wales has asked Australia's super funds to get involved in his Sustainable Markets Initiative. The Prince used his appearance to discuss the latest work from his Sustainable ...

No big losers in FY22 budget

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
Just about everyone is a winner in this year's federal budget, with treasurer Josh Frydenberg extending tax cuts, significant measures to enhance women's economic security and a $15 billion infrastructure spend. Delivering the 2021/22 federal ...