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GCI welcomes investment director

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024
Robert Grajczyk will join the private credit funds specialist as investment director of its real estate capital solutions team. Global Credit Investments' (GCI) real estate offering, which launched in October, specialises in delivering credit solutions ...

Greg Combet to succeed Peter Costello as Future Fund chair

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024
Net Zero Economy Agency chair Greg Combet is set to replace Peter Costello as chair of the Future Fund, commencing mid-year. At a press conference in Canberra, treasurer Jim Chalmers said the appointment of Combet, who only recently relinquished his ...

Insignia Financial touts strong start to FY24, simplification

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024
Insignia Financial has reported more than $300 billion in funds and named a chief client officer to run the newly created client wellbeing arm as it progresses its simplification strategy. In a quarterly update, Insignia said its funds under management ...

Perpetual Corporate Trust adds staff

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024
Perpetual's corporate trust business has hired a new head of institutional sales and relationship management for its innovation arm. Emily Boden will work primarily with Perpetual Digital - and the recently acquired Laminar Capital - to develop ...

TAL appoints chief claims officer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024
TAL announced that a former Westpac executive will join the insurer as its new chief claims officer. On March 1, Georgina Croft will take the post. She was most recently the chief customer services officer at BT Financial Group, a role she held for ...

Spheria mulls converting emerging companies LIC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2024
Spheria Emerging Companies (SEC) has floated a conditional proposal allowing shareholders to exchange their shares for units in the Spheria Australian Smaller Companies Fund. This follows SEC consistently trading below its net tangible asset (NTA) per ...

Investors livid over fresh portfolio valuation: Mayfair 101

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2024
Mayfair 101 says its noteholders have been left devastated by new sales data that suggests the Mission Beach real estate portfolio has increased in value by as much as $170 million. Mayfair 101 purchased the portfolio of 200-plus properties in 2019. ...

Inflation eases to 4.3%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2024
Inflation declined to 4.3% in the year to November 2023, easing from 4.9% in October. The latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) found that the rising costs of housing (up 6.6%), food and non-alcoholic beverages (up 4.6%), insurance ...

ASIC extends intervention orders against predatory lenders

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2024
ASIC has prolonged its product intervention orders for short-term and continuing credit contracts in a bid to protect vulnerable retail investors. The orders, which were first implemented in July 2022, will now be extended until 1 October 2032, or until ...

Federal Court appoints receivers to investigate Brite Advisors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2023
The Federal Court has appointed Linda Smith and Robert Kirman of McGrathNicol as corporate receivers to probe Brite Advisors, following serious concerns about the management of client pension funds. Smith and Kirman will investigate Brite Advisors and ...