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Challenger overhauls IT, awards mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2024
Challenger has awarded a mandate to a major professional services firm to overhaul its technological infrastructure. Accenture has been mandated for seven years to upgrade Challenger's technology that will ultimately affect customers, financial ...

Grok Ventures appoints new chief executive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2024
... time," and plans to invest in climate-related ventures from venture capital at seed stage, to major renewable energy infrastructure projects and high conviction "lighthouse investments." "Having Tan and Jeremy at the helm means having a dream team behind ...

Oaktree's local head of distribution resigns

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024
... partner David Levi said: "With the support of Pragun and our broader team, we look forward to offering best-in-class infrastructure, real estate, private equity, and credit capabilities to Australian private bankers and advisors." Managing over $865 ...

Australian Ethical, Infradebt to launch infrastructure debt fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
... Cannon-Brookes-backed Infradebt are launching a debt fund to finance renewable energy projects, alongside ventures in social infrastructure and property development. The infrastructure debt fund will provide capital to solar, wind, hydro, geothermal ...

Super funds defend controversial weapons holdings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
... killed 9614 Ukrainians as at September 2023, according to the United Nations, while its destruction of civilian infrastructure resulted in over 6.5 million refugees. ART, AustralianSuper, Hostplus, and Cbus were the first of many to pledge full divestment ...

Unlisted asset valuation practices under review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024
... 16.4% of assets - being less than $400 billion - in unlisted assets. Unlisted property is 29% of this, unlisted infrastructure is 41% and unlisted equity is the remaining 30%. "While the regulator has reviewed valuation practices for unlisted assets ...

Norway's oil fund returns 16% in 2023

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
... companies. Meantime, fixed income investments - which make up 27% of the total portfolio - produced a return of 6%, and infrastructure investments returned 4%. However, while listed real estate returned 17%, unlisted real estate posted a loss of more ...

Real asset cycle likely to return: Dexus

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024
... sensitive to economic conditions than some other real asset sectors such as healthcare, student accommodation and infrastructure." The report highlighted crucial trends that are likely to influence the infrastructure market in Australia. These include ...

Future Fund soars to $272.3bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2024
... 6.9% pa. Arndt boasted about the fund's substantial investments in Australia domestically, specifically across infrastructure, technological areas like data centres, renewables and so forth. "I think it's really important that the Future Fund ...

Standalone laws key to solving legislative 'porridge': ALRC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2024
... and enforce their rights," ALRC president Justice Mordy Bromberg said. "These laws provide the legal and economic infrastructure of the financial services industry. The reforms we're proposing are broadly supported by stakeholders and if implemented ...