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First State Super hitches cart to Turnbull innovation

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... a 10 year exemption on capital gains tax on those investments. First State Super chief investment officer Richard Brandweiner said the fund is increasingly mindful of the flow on ramifications of deploying capital. "Recently we've been investing in agriculture ...

Super funds eye impact investing structures

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
... it is far too small, far too illiquid and lacks intermediaries," First State Super chief investment officer Richard Brandweiner said at the Impact Investment Summit in Sydney. "But many of us are trying to change that, we are trying to introduce the ...

First State Super funds Aussie start-ups

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... at nurturing the development of Australian internet start-ups. First State Super chief investment officer Richard Brandweiner confirmed the fund has made a $110 million investment towards the latest Blackbird Ventures fund. "Blackbird is fostering the ...

First State Super socially responsible options go green

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... equities and we will be doing the same for global equities before the end of the year," chief investment officer Richard Brandweiner told Financial Standard. Brandweiner said that the socially responsible options already go through a range of screens ...

Super fund goes nuts for returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... included 960 hectares dedicated for further almond cultivation. First State Super chief investment officer, Richard Brandweiner, said it was an opportunity to deploy much needed expansion capital into the Australian agriculture sector. "Seen as a premium ...

Funds wrestling with liquidity problem

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
... with our short-term cash in particular." The question came from First State Super chief investment officer Richard Brandweiner who acknowledged similar experience at the $49 billion industry super fund. Both investment experts said bank debt was far ...

Big changes on way for pension funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... doing so can dramatically improve investment efficiency and allow the fund to become much more nimble, said Richard Brandweiner, chief investment officer at First State Super who is quoted in the report. "Using external fund managers there are five separate ...

Highest paid execs in super revealed

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... Brad Holzberger earned $1,167,589; AustralianSuper's Mark Delaney earned $971,114; and First State Super's Richard Brandweiner earned $812,000. HOSTPLUS chief investment officer Sam Sicilia, however, earned just over $500,000, considerably less than ...

150,000 candidates cramming for CFA exams

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... distinguishes them within the industry as focused on rebuilding public trust," president of CFA Society of Sydney Richard Brandweiner said. "We would like to wish all candidates in Australia and globally the best of luck for their exams on Saturday. ...

First State Super CIO departs

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
... will retire from his position and leave the fund in May 2013. His departure follows the the appointment of Richard Brandweiner as director of investment services last week. Brandweiner joined from Perpetual, where he was group executive of income and ...