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Global investors look to strike gold: Study

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023
As the price of metal goes up, professional investors around the world are set to boost allocations to gold and gold miners, according to new research by mining company Tresor Gold. The research collated in April surveyed investors responsible for $307.5 ...

Pacific Current Group buys stake in PE firm

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2023
Pacific Current Group (PAC) has acquired a minority investment in San Francisco-based private equity firm Cordillera Investment Partners (Cordillera). The $44.9 million deal will see PAC take on 16.4% of Cordillera's revenues, both management fees and ...

Retail super fund pulls the plug

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2023
... a series of successor fund transfers, the Aracon Superannuation Fund is set to be wound up. Spread across four divisions - ARA Retirement Fund, Xplore Super and Pension, Oracle Superannuation Plan, and Elevate Super - Aracon Super holds $590 million ...

Super disruptors throw in the towel

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
The number of Millennial-targeted super funds continue to fall by the wayside, halving to just 14 nearly a decade after attempting to disrupt the superannuation sector. Touted as pioneers in the super industry, the likes of Future Super and Virgin Super ...

KKR, Mubadala in $1.6bn APAC partnership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022
KKR and sovereign investor Mubadala Investment Company are exploring private credit co-investment opportunities in the Asia Pacific region. The two entities have signed a strategic partnership aimed at deploying at least $1.58 billion (US$1bn) of capital ...

UniSuper appoints ESG manager

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022
UniSuper has appointed Jodie Barns as ESG manager. Barns will be responsible for qualifying and quantifying ESG considerations in investments and operations, to inform decisions taken in investments. Barns joins the fund from the Australian Council ...

Super fund for women closes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2022
A superannuation fund that targeted women has quietly closed after three years in market. FairVine Super, a sub-plan of Aracon Super, launched in May 2019 with a product specifically designed for women. The offering included a 'FairRewards' ...

Adviser associations to merge

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022
Members of the Authorised Representatives Association (ARA), have voted to close the 40-year-old association and merge with The Advisers Association (TAA). ARA represents around 90 Charter Financial Planning businesses and approximately 250 advisers. ...

ASIC obtains orders to freeze assets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2022
ASIC has obtained urgent interim orders from the Federal Court to freeze the assets of Ashley Vincent Arandez and four companies of which he is a director. The regulator sought these orders on an urgent, ex parte, basis because it is concerned Arandez ...

ISPT appoints investment manager

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2022
Industry Super Property Trust has appointed Zoe Ferrari as its newest investment manager based in Canberra, saying the hire reflects an ongoing commitment to the nation's capital. Ferrari joins a growing team and will be working alongside senior ...