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Elanor rebuffs Lederer's governance concerns

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
Elanor Investors Group has clapped back at potential acquirer Lederer Group for making "inaccurate assertions" about its governance and management capabilities. In providing an update on the proposed acquisition of its ASX-listed Elanor Commercial Property ...

Decade-long ban for UGC director upheld

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
The Administrative Review Tribunal has upheld ASIC's decision to ban United Global Capital (UGC) director Joel James Hewish for 10 years, after he lodged a review of the ban handed down in June 2024. The Tribunal conducted two hearings since the application ...

IFM Investors enters student accommodation arena

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2025
IFM Investors is dipping its toes into the student accommodation sector, acquiring assets at Curtin University from InfraRed Capital Partners. Marking its entry, IFM will acquire the Curtin University Student Accommodation project via Infranexus, its ...

Pacific Equity Partners takes stake in data centres

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2025
Pacific Equity Partners will buy 75% of Spark New Zealand's data centre business. The investment is being made via the PEP Secure Asset Fund, and the transaction values the business at up to $705 million. All of Spark's data centre assets and operations ...

Iress deputy chief made redundant, takeover talks confirmed

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2025
Iress has made the role of deputy chief executive redundant as it confirms it is in takeover talks with private equity firms Blackstone and Thoma Bravo. The ASX-listed company this morning announced that deputy chief executive Harry Mitchell will exit ...

CSC quashes internal bullying, sexism claims

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2025
Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC) chair Janet Torney has rejected suggestions that bullying, harassment or sexism are improperly handled by the organisation. Torney responded to reporting by the Australian Financial Review that CSC received ...

UniSuper's Chun honoured by FEAL

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2025
UniSuper chief executive Peter Chun was named the 2025 Fund Executive Association Limited's (FEAL) Fund Executive of the Year at the FEAL National Conference overnight. Chun was recognised for his leadership in promoting UniSuper beyond the university ...

Invesco acquires RetireAustralia for $845m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2025
Invesco Real Estate has agreed to acquire RetireAustralia from Infratil and NZ Superannuation Fund for $845 million. Invesco Real Estate head of Asia Pacific Calvin Chou said the acquisition of RetireAustralia represented a unique investment opportunity ...

Top Australian CIOs revealed

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025
Who have been named in the 2025 top 100 global list of chief investment officers? Five Australian super fund chief investment officers made the grade. Chief Investment Officer, the New York-based sister publication of Financial Standard, this month ...

Linda Elkins joins AMP board, Slattery exits

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025
Linda Elkins will be joining the AMP board, drawing on her more than 25-plus years in financial services, including top roles at KPMG, Colonial First State and Russell Investment. Starting 1 September, Elkins joins AMP Limited as a non-executive director ...