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Former SMSF Association chief joins CEFC board

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
... experience in infrastructure asset management and leading technology projects. He is currently on the boards of Lendlease and Hastings Management. Reed has over 20 years' experience in the energy infrastructure sector, which include managing director ...

Aurora CFO terminated as $1m vanishes from listed trust

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
... August last year, WAM called for an extraordinary general meeting to remove Aurora as the responsible entity (RE) for the Hastings High Yield (HHY) Fund. Aurora remains the RE and has since made a takeover bid for all of HHY's ordinary units such that ...

The age of algorithmic advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017
... algorithms and platforms to augment your everyday capabilities." These are the types of employees Netflix chief executive Reed Hastings calls "performance driven people" and the type of employees Airbnb would hire because they are "energised by the unknowns" ...

WAM enters the fray for Molopo takeover

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
... August last year, WAM called for an extraordinary general meeting to remove Aurora as the responsible entity (RE) for the Hastings High Yield (HHY) Fund. Aurora remains the RE and has since made a takeover bid for all of HHY's ordinary units such that ...

Westpac sells $12bn asset manager

ALEX BURKE, DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
... sell its infrastructure manager subsidiary. Subject to due diligence and regulatory approvals, Northill will acquire Hastings Funds Management. The terms of the agreement are currently confidential. Based in London, Northill manages about US$48 billion ...

Aurora finalises Hastings takeover bid

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
Aurora Funds Management finalised its takeover bid for all ordinary units in the Hastings High Yield (HHY) Fund. Acting as the responsible entity for both the Aurora Global Income Trust (AIB) and HHY, Aurora closed the takeover bid on October 13. The ...

Hastings names new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017
A former chief financial officer of Westpac's institutional bank will be the next chief executive of Hastings Funds Management. Hastings chairman Brian Scullin has confirmed that current chief executive Andrew Day will leave the business at the end ...

Hastings loses $2.1bn fund mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017
Unitholders including large super funds, insurance companies and family offices voted to remove Hastings Funds Management as the portfolio manager for a $2.1 billion infrastructure fund. Following an extraordinary meeting with trustee Gardior, unitholders ...

Westpac halts $14bn asset manager sale

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017
... decided not to proceed. Charter Hall had originally entered talks with Westpac regarding the potential acquisition of Hastings Funds Management, the global real assets and infrastructure manager, in July. At the time, Charter Hall said acquiring the ...

Macquarie and Canadian pension fund buy SA government asset

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017
... which awarded the right to run the Land and Property Information tilting and registry services to a First State Super-Hastings led consortium for $2.6 billion. Following a competitive tender process, the government entered into a binding agreement with ...