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Global pension fund backs Aussie renewables

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2021
The infrastructure business of a major Canadian pension fund has acquired 49% of a local renewable energy platform. OMERS Infrastructure, part of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System, has purchased a 49% interest in FRV Australia from Fotowatio ...

Cannon-Brookes takes stake in fund manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2021
The Atlassian co-founder has taken an equity stake in a local impact investment firm. Grok Ventures, the family office of Mike and Annie Cannon-Brookes, now owns a minority stake in Melior Investment Management, the local impact investment house founded ...

Catholic Super adds to trustee board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2021
... Perpetual. "Matthew's insights and longevity of working within the finance sector will be pivotal as we explore continued joint venture opportunities, mergers and acquisitions," Casey said. Togethr Trustees, which comprises both Catholic Super and Equip ...

Baby Boomers cashing in on meme stocks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2021
According to analysis from Openmarkets Group, on average Baby Boomers and Generation X are making money on meme stocks, while Millennials are losing money. The analysis covered 11 "meme stocks" (stocks whose share prices skyrocketed due to social media ...

AMP Capital makes two senior hires

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2021
... led transactions in energy infrastructure, retail/mass market, home connection services and upstream oil and gas, and venture capital investments in smart home and distributed energy resources technology companies. Ly left AGL in late 2018 to join Endeavour ...

Australian Ethical overhauls longstanding fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021
... instead be known as the 'High Growth' option, and will begin investing in growth assets including private equity, venture capital and infrastructure, as well as unlisted property assets. The option has traditionally only invested in Australian ...

Australian Ethical makes strategic investment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
... deep technology investment fund founded by the CSIRO. Main Sequence welcomed the investment, saying that it will apply venture capital to play a role in solving challenges in health, food, space, and industrial productivity - in line with Australian ...

CMC Markets buys ANZ Share Investing

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
... strategy to create a non-leveraged investment platform and forms part of our longer-term goals for the company. As this new venture expands and develops, we will be able to offer more products, including third-party funds and tax wrappers, directly to ...

CIMIC wins $1.18bn infra upgrade contract

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
CIMIC and Downer's joint venture CPB Contractors has won the New South Wales government's contract to upgrade the Warringah Freeway. CIMIC said the contract has a total value of $1.18 billion and will generate about $800 million in revenue for CPB Contractors. ...

New role for Future Super co-founder

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021
The former chief executive and co-founder of Future Super has a new role with a green financier. Kirstin Hunter has been appointed chief people, risk and legal officer at Brighte. Brighte is a green financier which last year raised $100 million led ...