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KKR company cut doctors pay during pandemic

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
Private equity firm KKR, which recently acquired Colonial First State, is in hot water in the US over claims a health company it owns cut doctors pay amid the COVID-19 crisis. KKR acquired a 55% stake in CFS on 12 May 2020 for approximately $1.7 billion. ...

2020 MAX Awards finalists named

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
The finalists for the 2020 Financial Standard MAX Awards have been named and voting is now open. Now in their 25th year, the Financial Standard MAX (Marketing, Advertising and Sales Excellence) Awards recognise individuals, teams and organisations in ...

IFM cuts carbon footprint from Aussie infra assets

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... energy use." IFM Investors owns about 17 Australian infrastructure assets. Four of these (Perth Airport Property Trust, Wyuna Water, IFM Aged Care Financing Trust and NSW Rent Buy) were not included in its FY19 carbon footprint analysis. IFM says these ...

Advice, but not as you know it

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
While it is probably too soon to know the full impact the COVID-19 crisis will have on the future of advice, it is fair to say it may not look the same when all's said and done. Speaking to Financial Standard chief executive of JANA, Jim Lamborn, said ...

Mayfair 101 reveals new sub-division, hires chief

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... receive three nights of complementary accommodation for four people at a Mayfair 101 owned holiday home, complimentary return water taxi transfers to explore Dunk Island and "champagne and local delights on arrival", according to an advertisement.

Mayfair 101 pushes on

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... Wholesale investors will also receive: "Executive concierge return transfers from Cairns to Mission Beach, complimentary return water taxi transfers to explore Dunk Island, champagne and local delights on arrival." ASIC declined to comment.

Why COVID-19 could boost ESG

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... companies we invest in. They include the decline in biodiversity, the importance of sustainable agriculture, protecting water resources and global climate change." Fidelity International, which introduced a proprietary ESG rating system last year, has ...

A decade in the dust

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... especially those in the informal sector do not get left behind," Roy said. "The operational logistics of getting resources (food, water, medicines, funds, etc.) in a timely fashion to those who need it most, requires coordination within and across countries- ...

Tail-risk hedging pays off for super fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
A $10 billion industry superannuation fund has managed to lock in gains from a tail-risk hedging strategy during recent market volatility amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Vision Super has had tail-risk protection in place for its defined benefit plan for ...

Listed infrastructure mispriced: FSI

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2020
... real assets like our Zurich's airport, FL electric grid, like the expressway connecting Shanghai to Nanjing or Birmingham's water pipes." Despite "unprecedented" declines in airport, toll road and passenger railway volumes, Greenup said he expects companies ...