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Court says minister has 'duty of care' in coal investment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021
The Federal Court has ruled in favour of eight high school students, finding that the Federal Environment Minister has a duty of care not to cause them harm from climate change. The case was brought by Equity Generation Lawyers principal David Barnden. ...

Former adviser charged with $3.3m fraud

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
... and March 2020 as an authorised representative of Sentinel. The police kicked off investigations in March 2020, when the North Shore Police Area Command received reports of an alleged fraud committed against an 86-year-old woman and received more tip ...

Pinnacle affiliates reach $85bn AUM

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021
... across public and private pension plans, sovereign funds, endowments, wealth managers and insurance companies across the North America, EMEA and APAC regions "International markets offer large, diverse addressable markets for our affiliate capabilities," ...

Keep COVID-19 in perspective: Panel

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... GDP has grown consistently since dropping to 16.3% in 1950. However, in 1970 Asia Pacific made up 26.1% of global GDP and North America a tiny 12.7%. Western Europe's influence on global GDP is shrinking, as is North America's. In 1913, Western ...

New responsible agricultural fund seeks $300m

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
An agricultural investment manager is launching a new fund to sophisticated investors that uses land restoration practices that combats carbon emissions and Australia's drought problem. Brisbane-based Australian cattle property investment manager ...

Fiducian acquires Adelaide adviser's FUA

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
Fiducian Financial Services paid $495,000 to acquire $23 million of advice assets from a North Adelaide adviser exiting the industry. The dealer group acquired the assets for a Tasmanian financial planner in its network, who is relocating from Tasmania ...

First Sentier adds director

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
... joined in May as a director based in New York. She reports to John Ma, the head of direct infrastructure investments for North America. Rouge was previously the chief transformation officer for Suez Water Technologies & Solutions and a senior executive ...

Macquarie posts $3bn profit, makes hire

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
Macquarie Group recorded a 106% increase in statutory profit to $3 billion from the first half of the year in its full-year results and named the chief executive of Macquarie Asia. The ASX-listed group's profit was a 10% increase on FY20 and 68% ...

AMP trims platform fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
... balances above $250,000. Administration fee caps for individuals are reducing by $400 and for families by $500 per year. AMP North will be next from June 1, followed by Summit on August 1 -- bringing their fees largely in line with MyNorth's. The ...

Farmland value grows in all states

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
... quality farmland will continue to be supported in the short to medium term." Queensland's growth was somewhat stymied by North Queensland, where farmland values declined by -1.3%, while the west of the state experienced an impressive 39.4% value growth. ...