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New Zealand exits recession

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2024
... electricity, gas, water, and waste services; rental, hiring, and real estate services; education and training; and agriculture, forestry, and fishing. Major detractors in the March quarter were construction (-3.1%), mining (-1.7%), and goods-producing ...

Palisade Real Assets wins mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2024
... platform and deploy its decarbonisation credentials across hard to access sectors such as transport, waste, energy, and agriculture. BioticNRG secured its first commitment in 2022 from Malaby Biogas. APG senior portfolio manager for infrastructure Iulia ...

NRF appoints inaugural chief investment officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024
... investment including resources; transport; medical science; defence capability; renewables and low emission technologies; agriculture, forestry and fisheries; and enabling capabilities.

Brighter Super awards custody mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2024
... investment managers that are specialists in infrastructure, including energy and renewables, housing, property, and agriculture. Brighter Super already has $1 billion invested across Sunshine Coast Airport and the Central Queensland Livestock Exchange. ...

Brighter Super seeks fund managers for $500m mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2024
... returns." The funds are set to be allocated across infrastructure, including energy and renewables, housing, property, and agriculture opportunities. "The strategy will position the fund to invest in key infrastructure projects for Queensland's future ...

Financial services workers eye earlier retirement

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024
... in hospitality, accommodation, and food services retired the earliest at 58.5 years old. Workers in the fields of agriculture, forestry, and fishing industry had the highest average age they intend to retire at 68.3 years. Those in mining have an intended ...

Budget 2024: Regulators given boost to combat misconduct, cybersecurity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... $500,000 will go towards the development of Australia's sustainable finance taxonomy, including expanding it to cover the agriculture sector. Treasury said these costs will be partially met through the ASIC and APRA industry levies. Meanwhile, a further ...

Qantas Super boosts ag assets by $200m

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
Qantas Super has injected $200 million in an agriculture investor that has a $1.1 billion portfolio of farmland across the nation. The super fund has partnered with GO.FARM, a developer, manager, and investor in agricultural assets involved in the production ...

Rest teams up with Fidelity to launch new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024
... investments include unlisted infrastructure-focused Palisade Impact Fund, specialist private equity firm ARCHIMED, agriculture-centered Cibus II Fund and an international listed equities mandate with global investment manager Ninety One.

PGIM launches new platform in Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024
PGIM Real Estate has expanded its agriculture financing platform into Australia as part of the asset manager's global growth strategy. PGIM said Australia marks the first expansion of its agriculture lending business beyond North America. PGIM Real ...