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In need of repair: Gender stereotypes and advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
If a male and female customer, each experiencing the same car troubles, take their vehicles for repairs to the same mechanic, who is more likely to get ripped off? That a woman will end up paying more is a tired cliché that continues to play out in ...

Australian Unity kicks off capital raise

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
Australian Unity's Healthcare Property Trust (AUHPT) has reopened for a limited time to seek to raise $350 million for its upcoming acquisitions and developments. The $3.8 billion unlisted healthcare fund, which was was launched in 1999 with a portfolio ...

Bravura $80m restructure underway

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
Bravura Solutions has raised $80 million that will fund a business restructure under its newly minted chief executive. Bravura announced this morning that it raised $66 million, split between a $43 million institutional entitlement offer and $23 million ...

Challenger launches $250m unsecured note offer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
Challenger Limited has launched a $250 million offer of Challenger Capital Notes 4, a new type of unsecured note, to boost capital. The offer, which includes both a New Money Offer and a Reinvestment Offer, will be used to fund a subscription for Additional ...

PGIM hires new Australia, NZ head for IRG

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2023
Murray Brewer has been appointed head of PGIM's institutional relationship group for Australia and New Zealand. Based in Sydney and reporting to head of IRG Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) Philip Hsin, Brewer will be responsible for leading the firm's growth ...

Magellan sees more outflows

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2023
In February, the fund manager saw net outflows of $0.8 billion, reverting its funds under management (FUM) to $45.4 billion. The result was due to net retail outflows of $0.5 billion and net institutional outflows of $0.3 billion. By asset class, Magellan ...

ASIC charges former investment company executives

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2023
Benjamin Hornigold's former chief executive and chief financial officer face charges for dishonest breach of duties and misleading the ASX. ASIC alleges former chief executive Stuart McAuliffe and former chief financial officer Samuel Elderfireld failed ...

Focus Financial acquired by PE firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2023
The NASDAQ-listed group that owns Escala Partners and several other local advice businesses has been acquired by a private equity firm for more than US$7 billion. Focus announced at the beginning of February that it was considering an offer to be acquired ...

ART appoints new board, investment committee members

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2023
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has made several high-profile appointments to its board and investment committee. Former Future Fund managing director Mark Burgess will join ART as a board director and member of the investment committee in mid-2023. ...

AMP, Dexus extend deal date

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2023
The sale of AMP Capital's domestic real estate and infrastructure equity business to Dexus Funds Management has been extended to allow for the completion of binding documentation. The due date for satisfaction or waiver the conditions precent for the ...