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Canadian pension fund buys Aussie spud farm

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2023
The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board (OTPP) and its Australian agriculture subsidiary, AustOn Corporation acquired a majority interest in potato growing giant Mitolo Family Farms. With more than 50 years of operations, Mitolo Family Farms is the ...

Fund manager acquired by US fintech

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023
... expected to close in Q2, however no definitive agreement has been signed. In December 2019, former Bateau Asset Management owner Wayne Blazejczyk was banned for five years. He was was responsible manager, director, owner and an authorised representative ...

US regulator sues crypto giant, chief executive

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2023
... numerous other corporate vehicles through an intentionally opaque common enterprise, with Zhao at the helm as Binance's owner and chief executive," the regulator said. "The defendants allegedly chose to knowingly disregard applicable provisions of ...

Rest switches up recruitment focus

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023
Andrew Lill, the chief investment officer of $70 billion super fund Rest, says the role of a CIO is changing and not just because investment heads have to respond quickly to more volatile markets. Increasingly, investment chiefs must consider a range ...

Super funds have the power to make change: Advocates

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
Super funds can better support more Australians in retirement from a diversity standpoint by investing wisely and understanding who their members are, the Conference of Major Super Funds has heard. Athlete and disability advocate Dylan Alcott and Homelessness ...

Lending to small businesses increases: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2023
Despite soaring interest rates, the number of small business owners borrowing from banks has sharply risen in 2022, a new survey reveals. More than a third (36%) of Australian small businesses canvassed by CPA Australia are increasingly relying on external ...

ASIC grants MSC Trustees new powers

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2023
... Flight Centre and Mosaic Brands. In 2016, MSC Trustees took over the unlisted debenture book from Sandhurst Trustees after owner Bendigo & Adelaide Bank exited the market. Last July, Alceon Group chose MSC to serve as trustee and responsible entity for ...

Advice platform appoints new chief executive

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
An advice and wealth management platform has made a leadership change, with the chief executive stepping down and a successor appointed. Practifi named Adrian Johnstone as its new chief executive to drive business growth. Johnstone succeeds co-founder ...

Spotlight shines brighter on climate reporting: Expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
Asset owners must be mindful of increasing regulatory and legislative pressures that will soon sharpen their ability to provide quality and accurate climate disclosure reports, according to an expert. FS Sustainability managing editor Rachel Alembakis ...

Fink warns of "slow rolling crisis"

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023
In his annual letter to investors, BlackRock chair Larry Fink has said it's unclear what impact the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and others this past week will truly have, saying they are just one element of the "price we're paying for decades ...