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Australian recovery has been outstanding: La Trobe Financial

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
Attendees of the Financial Standard Chief Economist Forum in Sydney have been reassured that Australia's economic recovery has not just been good - it's been very good. That's according to La Trobe Financial chief investment officer and ...

UK pension fund fossil fuel investments laid bare

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
Despite more than 75% of the UK's local councils declaring a climate emergency, their pension funds are still pouring billions into fossil fuels the world over. A new report from campaigners Platform, Friends of the Earth (England, Wales and Northern ...

Fund manager hires distribution director

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
A boutique fund manager has welcomed a director of business development to a newly created role. GQG Partners has expanded its wholesale distribution strategy in appointing Ashneel Naidu, who was most recently at Vanguard Investments. Naidu reports ...

Wealth group makes acquisition

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
A subsidiary of ASX-listed accounting firm Kelly+Partners has made a tuck-in acquisition of a financial services group on the New South Wales Central Coast. The subsidiary will acquire a 51% stake in the group which includes private wealth management ...

Chief economist update: The vaccine has landed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
No more tears, fears... and hopefully snap lockdowns. Today, 22 February 2021, will go down in Australian history as VAC (vaccine against covid-19) Day (although Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly and 84-year-old ...

Charter Hall bleeds profits, appoints director

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021
... increased by 291 properties with rent increasing by $2 million as a result. In addition, the weight average lease expiry (WALE) increased from 8.6 to 9.1 years. Throughout the half-year, the property investment portfolio of $2 billion returned 10.9%. ...

Challenger wins $200m mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
Challenger has scored a $200 million mandate in indexed global equities from an industry fund. Local Government Super, which manages $12 billion in retirement savings for current and former New South Wales government employees, picked Challenger for ...

IOOF subsidiary loses appeal

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
IOOF is set to pay tens of millions in compensation after losing an appeal involving its subsidiary Australian Executor Trustees (SA) Limited. The Court of Appeal dismissed AET's appeal against a decision made by the Supreme Court of New South Wales ...

PPS Mutual hires from BT

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
A former BT Life manager has joined the mutual life insurance firm as business development manager for New South Wales. Sophie Gacomi has over 10 years' experience in business development roles and spent the last year at BT Life. Prior to this, Gacomi ...

Centuria spends big ahead of fund launch

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... industrial properties are worth a collective $62.5 million and provide a 9.1-year portfolio Weighted Average Lease Expiry (WALE). The most expensive property, acquired for $39.6 million, is located in Boondall Queensland and is 100% occupied until June ...