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Tattarang buys Australia's first Waldorf Astoria

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023
Fiveight, the property arm of the Forrests' investment vehicle Tattarang, has acquired the planned high-end Waldorf Astoria hotel at Sydney's Circular Quay precinct. Purchased from Lendlease and its joint venture partner Mitsubishi Estate Asia, the ...

From strength to strength: GQG Partners

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2023
GQG Partners is aiming to be a top-ranking active equity manager in Australia, according to managing director Laird Abernethy. In an interview with Financial Standard, Abernethy said that despite market turbulence, GQG has performed exceptionally, with ...

AustralianSuper announces leadership shakeup

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022
The super fund's total portfolio management, asset allocation and research teams will be brought together into one team, under head of asset allocation Alister Barker. Barker has held senior investment positions with AustralianSuper since 2008 and ...

Man GLG launches Asia Opportunities Fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2022
Man Group's discretionary investment manager has launched an Asia Opportunities Fund in response to market demand. The Man GLG Asia Opportunities Fund applies a concentrated long-only strategy that is style agnostic. It will invest in equities either ...

Advice technologies seeing adoption boom

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2022
New data has highlighted several technologies that are experiencing high year-on-year growth and adoption by financial advice firms. Netwealth's 2022 AdviceTech Report identified niche technologies and those growing in popularity by AdviceTech Stars ...

Lendlease in luxury Circular Quay tower JV

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2022
Lendlease and Mitsubishi Estate Asia have formed a joint venture to acquire the One Circular Quay development from Chinese investment house AWH for $800 million. The payment is in an up front and deferred consideration, with an additional $50 million ...

The rise of the hybrid ETP

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2022
In the three years to March the number of ETPs increased by 29%, with the Australian market now made up of different subsets. This morning, Rainmaker Information's head of investment research John Dyall appeared at the Financial Standard Best Practice ...

Fidelity appoints sales manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2022
Fidelity has appointed a regional sales manager, working with financial advisers in Queensland. Benjamin Lucas has joined in the role, coming from Challenger where he was a business development manager for the last four years. Lucas will be based in ...

Frontier bolsters consultant team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
Frontier has appointed a new principal consultant based in Sydney, hiring from Mercer. Cecily Williams has been appointed principal consultant, working in a senior client facing role and covering insurance and superannuation amongst other sectors. Williams ...

Remembering Helen Hewett

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
The superannuation industry is mourning the loss of one of its biggest advocates for female representation and mental health following the former Cbus chief executive's passing this week. Remembered as an astute leader and visionary of the super ...