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Leadership shuffle, redundancies at OpenMarkets

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2022
Trading platform OpenMarkets has a new chief executive and has made 21 employees redundant, as rumours swirl that it will shortly be acquired. A spokesperson for the company confirmed that it had made 21 redundancies since the beginning of the year ...

UK takes steps to remove gender pay gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2022
The UK government is introducing a pilot program to increase transparency around pay, to the benefit of women. It comes as many companies face backlash for showing support for International Women's Day while also paying their male employees significantly ...

Sydney Airport deal completes

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
The Sydney Aviation Alliance (SAA) has announced the completed $32 billion acquisition of Sydney Airport. Comprising the IFM Australian Infrastructure Fund, the IFM Global Infrastructure Fund, Australian Retirement Trust, AustralianSuper and Global ...

Vanguard suspends trading in Russian securities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
Vanguard has suspended the purchasing of Russian securities from all its actively managed funds and is also working to divest passive holdings. In a statement, Vanguard said its total exposure to Russia only accounts for about 0.01% of client assets ...

Alpha females

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
The integration of environmental, social and governance concerns (ESG) into investment decisions has well and truly gone mainstream - but there is one element of governance that still flies under the radar for many investors. That is, gender diversity ...

Accenture pulls out of Russia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
Accenture is ceasing operations in Russia, saying it will offer support to the 2300 employees impacted. In a statement, the consulting giant said it is discontinuing its business in Russia following the invasion of Ukraine. "Accenture stands with the ...

EQT buys Stockland Retirement Living for $987m

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022
The global investment firm's infrastructure business has acquired the community living provider in a deal expected to finalise in the coming months. Under the terms of the agreement, EQT will acquire Stockland's portfolio of 58 established Retirement ...

Australian Retirement Trust announces next merger partner

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022
Australian Retirement Trust (ART), the entity created by the merger of QSuper and Sunsuper, has announced its next merger partner. The Australia Post Superannuation Scheme (APSS) has formally agreed to merge with ART. The APSS trustee's independent ...

Biggest ever super merger completes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2022
Australia's largest ever merger between two super funds has seen the $130 billion QSuper and $97 billion Sunsuper merge to create Australian Retirement Trust. Australian Retirement Trust (ART) now has $230 billion in funds under management, making ...

ISPT chief executive steps down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
After 17 years in the role, Daryl Browning is stepping down as chief executive of Industry Super Property Trust following a review. ISPT announced it is on the hunt for a new chief executive after a review of its corporate strategy determined it was ...