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Modern slavery on the rise a decade on from Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
... the Accord is not the finishing point. Carlsson recently revisited Bangladesh, nine years after an earlier site visit to tour factories, to speak with workers, factory owners, agents and unions. "Once companies signed up to the Accord - which has led ...

MA Financial buys marinas, launches fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023
The $225 million purchase of d'Albora marina off Balmain Corporation (Balmain) has seeded a new fund for MA Financial, the MA Marina Fund. d'Albora is Australia's largest marina network consisting of 10 marinas located across Australia's eastern seaboard. ...

Inflation expected to have peaked: RBA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2023
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has forecast that headline CPI (7.8%) is expected to be the peak in this economic cycle. In a monetary policy statement, the RBA said CPI is still high, affecting a range of goods and services. Global factors such ...

Australia likely to avoid recession: Oliver

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2023
While the risk of recession is high, its likely to be avoided down under, according to AMP head of investment strategy and chief economist Shane Oliver. According to Oliver, a slump in consumer spending (thanks to rate hikes, cost of living pressures ...

Hostplus defies inflation fears

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2022
One of Sam Sicilia's pet themes is that the forces of technology are deflationary, and they will inevitably kick in to be a dominant influence. The Hostplus investment chief has been on this tear for some time and hasn't changed his mind despite ...

Gurner Group to develop $1.75bn Docklands site

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2022
Backed by the Liberman family and Qualitas Group, the luxury developer plans to transform a site in Melbourne's Docklands into a world-class, mixed-use, botanical destination. Positioned next to Marvel Stadium at 208-226 Harbour Esplanade, the project ...

eToro launches local stocks portfolio

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2022
From today, investors can access the AussieEconomy portfolio, an investment basket offering long-term exposure to high performing ASX-listed companies. The 35 stocks that make up the portfolio are from a variety of industries including commodities ...

Twiggy Forrest spends $31m on Australian Agricultural Company

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2022
The Australian billionaire's family office Tattarang recently purchased $31 million worth of AAC shares, increasing his voting notice in the company substantially. Interestingly, the purchase was not the first acquisition of Australian agricultural ...

Allianz subsidiary, former portfolio managers charged over massive fraud

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
Allianz Global Investors and three of its former portfolio managers have been charged by the US regulator over a multi-billion-dollar securities fraud sold to pension funds that went on for more than four years. The Securities and Exchange Commission ...

Spirit Super pays tribute to Doug Fry

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022
One of Spirit Super's founding directors and its longest serving chair, Doug Fry, passed away last week. The fund paid tribute to Fry, who was a key player in the establishment of Tasplan. He was a founding director and served as chair of Tasplan for ...