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Chief economist update: Bushfires singe growth, surplus predictions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
In between coughs on this smokey, hazy summer's day in Melbourne - yes, the bushfires are still raging and I can smell and taste the smoke as I write - two headlines caught my attention this morning. The first one is from Reuters (14 January 2020) ...

Gardior adds board directors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... Assets have joined the board of Gardior after winning the mandate to manage The Infrastructure Fund in late 2018. Head of MIRA Australia Grant Smith and head of MIRA Asia-Pacific Frank Kwok joined the Gardior board in December 2019. Smith and Kwok now ...

Chief economist update: Missing the burning forests for the surplus tree

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
"From a practical perspective, big, impactful and very novel disasters will, hopefully, lead to stronger action to both mitigate emissions and also plan for impacts..." This was Ketan Joshi's - University of Sydney science graduate and international ...

Macquarie wealth fees income down 14%

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
... profit for the half, swelling 32% from $850 million in the same period last year. This was led by higher performance fee from MIRA-managed funds and co-investors, and increased base fees primarily driven by foreign exchange movements and investments ...

Retail fund faces class action on MySuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2019
Thousands of MySuper account holders with Colonial First State will pursue legal action against the fund. Maurice Blackburn Lawyers today filed a class action against CFS in relation to alleged breaches of super trustee duties that it said have caused ...

Macquarie, Tasplan and QIC shuffle airports

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2019
... business airport, Farnborough Airport and sold its interest in Hobart International Airport to a consortium including QIC. MIRA's Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 6 picked up Farnborough from a consortium of private investors for an undisclosed ...

Macquarie unveils green ambitions in New York

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... the Mongolian Green Finance Corporation - with the government. Additionally, the firm's infrastructure and real assets arm (MIRA) will introduce carbon and energy reporting for its fund portfolio companies, a significant move given its status as the ...

Property risks dip at Coalition win, APRA easing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
UBS has materially reduced downside risk for housing as last Saturday's elections lay to rest Labor's negative gearing plans and separately, APRA is easing its stance on mortgage lending. "The main implication of the election is the absence of expected ...

Chief economist update: Fairy tales can come true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
I believe in miracles Where you from You sexy thing, sexy thing you Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison was delivered a miracle when the Liberal/National Coalition won the Australian Federal election - and look set to form a majority government ...

New insto sales lead at Robeco

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
The international asset manager has hired a new director of institutional sales for its local business. Chris Wildman joined Robeco last month as director, institutional sales from Mirae Asset Global Investments. Wildman was head of distribution at ...