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Warakirri buys almond farm

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023
Warakirri's Diversified Agriculture Fund has made its first exposure to the nut complex, purchasing an almond farm in Victoria. In a $30 million off market deal, the fund's sixth investment is in the Sunraysia region on the Murray River and is one of ...

Diverger acquires majority interest in private wealth firm

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023
... generational advice model that can service more Australians moving forward," he said. This transaction follows Diverger's first transitional equity investment in 2022 when it acquired a 35% equity interest in McGregor Wealth Management. "There are a ...

BlackRock raises $500m for Super Battery

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2023
BlackRock Alternatives has secured over $500 million from Australian and global institutional and sovereign co-investors to expedite the development of the Waratah Super Battery. The Waratah Super Battery (WSB), believed to be one the largest committed ...

FSCP hands down second order, audits adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2023
... cost of the work undertaken by the independent person under the written direction," the FSCP said. Comparing the FSCP's first and second determinations, Capital Advisory director and financial planner Michael Miller said while the first decision ...

Family office manager names first chief executive

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2023
... institutional firms, and the multiple tiers that come with that," Robertson said. Meanwhile, Derrington said bringing on Alvia's first chief executive makes a lot of sense as the business expands rapidly. "Having known Nathan for some time now, I ...

NGS, Minderoo back Adamantem fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2023
... private equity and responsible investing strategies. PAC Trading, a provider of sustainable packaging solutions, is the fund's first investment. The EOF is targeting $350 million in total. The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), a cornerstone investor ...

Ontario Teachers' appoints head of APAC

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2023
... portfolio management in APAC across OTPP offices in Hong Kong, Mumbai, and Singapore. Crane was hired in 2020 as OTPP's first Singapore office employee, with a mandate to open and staff an office during lockdown. At the time he was responsible for growing ...

Cyber breach claims CalPERS member data

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023
More than 750,000 retired members of one of the world's largest pension funds have had their personal information accessed in a cybersecurity breach. The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is alerting its retired members and their ...

Aussie small caps, property funds in the red

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2023
Australian small cap and property investors experienced a rough 12 months of disappointing performance as macroeconomic conditions batter returns that ended up well in the red. Rainmaker's Wholesale managed funds April report shows that the property ...

Bank of England launches first system- wide stress test

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2023
The Bank of England (BoE) overnight launched its first system-wide stress test to understand the behaviours of banks and non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) in volatile financial markets. Recent chaos across UK markets has led to the system-wide ...