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Turnbull calls out Wilson, Bragg

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
... here in Australia and there is a bunch of reasons for that, but diverting even more savings into housing is simply going to bid up the price of housing." Turnbull went on to call out Wilson and Bragg specifically for their suggestions of allowing first ...

GROW Super rebrands

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
GROW Super has rebranded to GROW Inc in a bid to diversify away from its superannuation offering. GROW Inc offers business and data intelligence software to growing companies, underpinned by distributed ledger technology. GROW, for example, integrates ...

Bellmont expands distribution capability

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
Bellmont Securities has hired a sales manager of adviser solutions in a bid to expand its managed accounts offering. Ben Bell joined the Sydney-based firm this month, recently working at Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) as an associate director in ...

Chief economist update: Confidence contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
Australia is once again being infected - infected with optimism, that is. We have discussed previously how the domestic economy has contracted less sharply than its peers and has rebounded stronger relative to its peer, later confirmed by the OECD 'Economic ...

Chief economist update: OECD sees stronger growth ahead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
The year 2021 is shaping up to be a mirror image of the year that preceded it - annus horribilis 2020 - when economic growth forecasts were being sliced as the coronavirus epidemic that started in China turned into a pandemic of biblical proportions. ...

Perpetual promotes on Aussie equities team

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2021
... fund's wholesale version had $631 million in assets and has been running since 1996. The smaller companies fund in December bid farewell to Dean Fremder, who was hired as a dedicated small caps analyst in 2019 to assist lead manager Jack Collopy. ...

Mainstream to be acquired for $170m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2021
Mainstream has announced it entered a scheme of implementation deed with Vistra to acquire 100% of the company for an implied value of $170 million. The offer of $1.20 per share represents a 300% increase over Mainstream's share price at IPO in October ...

Aware Super, Macquarie to acquire Vocus

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2021
... the consortium. The Vocus board has unanimously recommended shareholders accept the proposal, which comes after MIRA made a bid by itself back in February. Aware Super joined MIRA in the deal on February 23. The bid values Vocus at $5.50 per share, which ...

US upbeat on stimulus, vaccination

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
The US is betting that a combination of the stimulus package and COVID-19 vaccinations will lead to full economic recovery by the end of the year, according to a leading economist. Capital Group economist Darrell Spence is optimistic that by September ...

AMP and Ares enter JV

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
After backing out of its bid to acquire AMP, Ares Management has announced it is pursuing a joint venture with AMP and taking control of AMP Capital's private markets business. In the joint venture, Ares will assume the management control of the ...