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Housing construction lags broader economy by 49%: PC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... years. In 2023-24, the average time to complete a single detached house was about 10.4 months, up from about 6.4 months a decade earlier. "While there is significant research and debate about the need to increase the supply of housing in Australia, the ...

Centaur goes self-licensed, appoints former dealer group head

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
... think we can impact greater change controlling it." With all the headwinds the advice industry has faced over the last decade, Robertson said it's been easy to get bogged down in compliance, regulation, staffing, and the demands of being an investment ...

Senate calls to overhaul super fund boards

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
The Senate Economics Committee has released its third interim report as part of the inquiry into Australia's retirement system. Senate Economics Committee chair Senator Andrew Bragg said the third report is focused around the "shocking governance ...

Brookfield subsidiary launches credit fund locally

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
A Brookfield Asset Management subsidiary has launched the Oaktree Strategic Credit Fund (AUD) to Australian wholesale investors and appointed responsible entity (RE) duties to Channel Investment Management. Brookfield Oaktree Wealth Solutions' fund ...

New starter at GCQ Funds

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
Doug Tynan's GCQ Funds Management has picked up an Ellerston Capital manager to look after advisory groups in New South Wales and South Australia. Nathan Boroughs has been appointed distribution director and will work closely with GCQ distribution ...

Local family office backs new venture to invest in climate tech

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
... investment plates" that emerged this century, AI and the energy transition are likely to be the two that will define the coming decade. "When you invest in PE, enterprises that are later in their life cycle, you tend to take narrow and deep positions. ...

Most retirees who rent live in poverty: Grattan Institute

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
Most retirees who rent live in poverty, including more than three in four single women, and this problem is set to get worse, according to a Grattan Institute report. While the Age Pension provides an adequate, albeit modest income in retirement for ...

Foresight Analytics names research lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2025
Foresight Analytics has appointed a new head of research as it looks to expand its coverage. Rob da Silva joined Foresight Analytics & Ratings, the research subsidiary of the Sydney-based group, last month. He spent more than eight years at SQM Research ...

Chalmers 'managing pressures' to shore up economy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2025
The slowdown in Chinese economic growth, the Trump Presidency and ongoing wars in Europe and the Middle East are potential pressures facing the Australian economy, according to Treasurer Jim Chalmers. Speaking at the Business Council of Australian dinner ...

Coller Capital launches first-of-its-kind strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
Several months on from debuting its private equity secondaries fund, Coller Capital has unveiled the Coller Private Credit Secondaries Fund for individual investors in Australia. Catering to high-net-worth investors, the "first of its kind" fund will ...