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Celebrated sporting figure joins Pan-Tribal board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
A well-known figure in Australian sports will join the Pan-Tribal Asset Management board. Former Australian water polo representative Peter Kerr has been appointed as a non-executive director at Pan-Tribal, bringing with him extensive experience in ...

Roger the new face of REST Super

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
Industry superannuation fund REST is testing the waters of virtual customer service technology with the launch of Roger - an artificial intelligence assistant. The assistant instantly responds to member's super related enquiries online 24/7, and is ...

Private equity manager secures insto mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
... all of Blue Sky's real assets strategies including agribusiness private equity, agricultural infrastructure and Australian water entitlements. In a statement on the ASX Blue Sky described the mandate as being representation of "a strong endorsement of ...

CBA receives top sustainability endorsement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2017
... them on 10 key KPIs specific to their sector. The 10 KPIs applicable to banks are energy productivity, carbon productivity, water productivity, waste productivity, percentage tax paid, CEO to average worker pay, pension fund status, employee turnover ...

AMP Capital infrastructure platform secures US$2.4b

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
... The fund has a portfolio of infrastructure assets including Newcastle Airport, Angel Trains and Alpha Trains, and Thames Water. Over the last 12 months it added four new assets including: US underground parking system Millennium Garages, Spanish broadcasting ...

Will 2017 be a mirror image of 2016?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
Out with defensives, in with risks and cyclicals. The year 2017 started where 2016 left off - good tidings and cheers on the global economy and risk appetites. If there are lessons that you, I and Irene should learn over the year just passed, it is ...

ICG acquires major WA wind farm

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... turbines, which have the annual capacity to power the equivalent of around 40,000 homes, provide renewable energy to WA's Water Corporation to offset the energy requirements of the Southern Seawater desalination plant near Bunbury." He added: "The wind ...

Equities on the nose in 2016

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
... switches. This suggests that this group may be experimenting with their investment decisions, dipping their toes in the water as it were, and so have lower convictions or confidence in their actions but are beginning to take an active role in their i ...

Watermark closes IPO for market neutral LIC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2016
Watermark closed its initial public offering for Australia's first global market neutral listed investment company. The Watermark Global Leaders Fund Limited raised more than $90 million, close to the initial goal of $110 million, from investors at ...

Small caps and corporate activity drive LIC performance

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
Small and mid-cap LICs continued their strong performance in the second half of 2016, with a growing pipeline of corporate activity shining a positive light on the sector moving into 2017. Independent Investment Research's (IIR) Listed Investment Company ...