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Packhorse lists cattle stations for sale

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2022
Packhorse Pastoral Company has listed a portfolio of three large stations for sale, following the passing of its co-founder Tom Strachan earlier this year. Strategically acquired over the past three years, the Queensland and New South Wales pastoral ...

PAC Capital buys Clearwater Portfolio Management

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2022
The private asset manager has acquired Clearwater Portfolio Management, taking its total funds under management to just under $500 million. Clearwater Portfolio Management is a boutique based in Byron Bay which runs the Clearwater Dynamic Portfolio. ...

Australian housing slump marches on

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
After surging 28.6% between the pandemic low in September 2020 to a high in April, national property prices have fallen 6%, said AMP chief economist Shane Oliver. "The key drivers of the downturn remain: poor affordability, rising mortgage rates, some ...

Brookfield Special Investments invests down under

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2022
The Canadian investment giant's Special Investments Program has made its first transaction in Australia, providing a $150 million debt facility to Queensland-based Panthera Finance. The senior secured loan will fund the expansion of the credit management ...

QIC sees changes in private debt, liquid markets

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2022
There is a new director in QIC's multi-sector private debt team, while a new head of the liquid markets group has been confirmed. David Spiez will join the multi-sector private debt team in February. He is currently general manager of strategy and ...

ASIC dishes out permanent ban to 'lifestyle' adviser

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2022
A former Dover and Interprac financial adviser who was found to be unfit to operate in the industry in any capacity was permanently banned by the regulator. ASIC said James Carlos Reynolds purported to offer 'lifestyle' financial advice as sole director ...

BUSSQ sees strength in niche super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2022
The choice to replace BUSSQ chair Paula Masters with a builder with years of hands-on industry experience makes sense. Chris Taylor hails from a very different background from the chairs of other super funds. It is an unusual appointment, alright. He ...

Dexus Funds Management chair resigns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2022
Dexus Funds Management chair and director Richard Sheppard will retire from the board effective October 27, following the Dexus annual general meeting. Upon Sheppard's retirement, Warwick Negus will become chair of the board. Sheppard said: "Since my ...

Consumer confidence jitters abate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2022
Consumer confidence has increased to its highest level in nearly four months, according to Roy Morgan. While still significantly down from the same week a year ago, the ANZ Roy Morgan Index shows consumer confidence rose by 1.8 points to 87.8 this week. ...

QIC adds to multi-sector private debt team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2022
QIC's multi-sector private debt team is expanding with the appointment of Carlo Lucci as an associate director. Lucci has a background in leveraged finance, corporate and institutional banking, private credit, mergers and acquisition transaction ...