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Philanthropy Australia names recipients of annual industry awards

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
Leading Australian philanthropists were honoured for the impact of their giving at the 2017 Philanthropy Australia Awards held this week in Melbourne. The prestigious 2017 Leading Philanthropist Award went to documentary filmmaker Ian Darling who has ...

Singapore fintech shutters Australian business

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
A Singapore-based fund manager and crowdfunding platform will cease its Australian operations less than a year after listing on the ASX. CoAssets, which was admitted to the ASX last August, specialises in crowdfunding investment services for small-to-medium ...

Infratil sells $237m aged care stake to investment bank

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
Infratil disposed of its 19.91% stake in a leading provider of New Zealand aged care facilities, netting $237.93 million via an off-market block trade. The stake in Metlifecare, sold to New Zealand-based investment bank Forsyth Barr for $5.61 per share ...

CBA executive recognised for mentee commitment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
A Commonwealth Bank executive was recognised for her unwavering commitment to improving the lives of Australia's most marginalised teenage girls at the Financial Executive Women 2017 Leadership Conference in Sydney yesterday. CommInsure head of business ...

Not as good as the headline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
It's not as good as it looks. The second biggest Australian trade surplus on record, that is. Us, Australians all, should be rejoicing at the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report that the country's international trade surplus widened by 138% ...

Adviser sentiment turns corner

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
The negativity around life insurance adviser sentiment is starting to turn a corner, according to new research from Zurich. Adviser sentiment improved marginally from 4.1 points in December 2015 to 4.2 points in February 2017, according to the Risk ...

Praemium details former chief executive's sacking

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
Praemium's chair has detailed the difficulties he and the board faced in the lead up to sacking chief executive Michael Ohanessian. The situation came to a head in January 2017, when Ohanessian presented a lengthy document to chair Greg Camm refusing ...

Savills IM expands with $90m acquisition

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
Savills Investment Management broadened its reach with its first acquisition of Australian property assets for the Savills IM Asia Pacific Fund. The assets, Quest East Perth and The Station Oxley in Brisbane, were purchased for about $90 million in ...

Plato fund oversubscription heralds income appetite

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
Plato's Income Maximiser listed investment company has exceeded its $220 million target, signalling Australia's soaring demand for income-oriented strategies. Plato's IPO will remain open until April 21, allowing for a further $110 million in investor ...

Industry fund continues in-house investment expansion

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
Industry super fund Cbus is continuing to expand its in-house investment capability with the appointment of a senior portfolio manager, fixed interest and cash. Michael Swan, formerly of boutique fixed income asset manager Brookline Partners, joins ...