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QIC buys Packhorse's last pastoral property

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023
Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) has purchased the last asset in the Packhorse portfolio as it continues to grow its natural capital platform. The Stuart's Creek property, located north-west of Roma, was sold by Packhorse as a beef grazing operation ...

CFOs look to hire in second half: Survey

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2023
... greater hiring ambitions than those in other Australian states, with 44% planning to expand headcounts compared to 41% in Queensland and Victoria, and 40% in New South Wales. An equal percentage of large companies and SMEs (42%) anticipate recruiting ...

ASIC acts against illegal investment scheme operator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023
... self-managed super fund, into a 'joint venture' development program for the purchase and development of real estate in Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia. However, at no time did Hopkins or his company hold an AFSL that ...

AAC at centre of billionaire insider trading scheme

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023
... Therapeutics, Solid Biosciences and BCTG Acquisition Corporation. According to the indictment, following flooding in Queensland in January and February 2019, the AAC board began detailing the impact of the weather events on its properties and potential ...

Australian Unity, Cromwell to merge funds

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2023
... quality assets. The portfolio comprises retail, industrial, office and high convenience assets across Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. At the same time, Cromwell has struck a deal with Australian Unity to ...

Life, funeral insurers cop $14m fine

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023
... products issued by St Andrew's Life Insurance under the brand names Let's Insure and FlexiSure. Parent company Bank of Queensland sold St Andrew's to Farmcove Investment Holdings for $23 million in 2021. Together with Insurance Marketing Services (IMS) ...

Government pledges $2bn to fast-track social housing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2023
... decade." Of note, NSW will take the lion's share of the funding ($610 million) followed by Victoria ($496 million) and Queensland ($398 million). Meanwhile, shadow minister for social services, NDIS, housing, and homelessness Michael Sukkar criticised ...

ANZ reaches agreement with QLD government over Suncorp

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2023
ANZ has executed an implementation agreement with the Queensland government as part of the bank's plan to acquire Suncorp Bank. The signing of the agreement marks the next step in ANZ's plan to acquire Suncorp Bank despite concerns raised by the Australian ...

Greg Combet steps down as IFM Investors, ISA chair

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2023
... be chaired by Combet. The members appointed to the Advisory board include professor emeritus Ross Garnaut, Powerlink Queensland chief executive Paul Simshauser, Australian Energy Regulator chief executive Anthea Harris, Infrastructure WA chair Nicole ...

Suncorp wage scandal comes to a head

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
... for customers. He argued that operating Suncorp as a pureplay insurer would deliver significant public benefits to Queensland and Australia.