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International pension funds buy London City airport

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
... London City airport with an offer of about £2 billion ($3.9 billion). A consortium made up of Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP), Borealis, AIMCo and Wren House, an infrastructure investment vehicle owned by the sovereign wealth fund of Kuwait, are ...

AIA profit boosted by Asian insurance demand

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
... provide us with an advantaged position as we help millions of people around the region to live longer, healthier lives and plan for a brighter future." AIA Australia chief executive Damien Mu said he was "proud to be a part of AIA's success in Australia. ...

ACE forced to pay $1m for poor Combined sales culture

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
... EU, ACE Insurance is required to appoint an independent expert to review Combined's compliance systems, put a remediation plan to compensate affected consumers in place and make a donation of $1 million to financial counselling and financial literacy ...

ZIRP to bring back "animal spirits"?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
Actual total private new capital expenditures may have surprised on the upside, rising by 0.8% in the three months ended December 2015 when they were expected to drop by 3.0% but... they're still not a pretty set of numbers. Uglier still, according ...

Challenger unveils new technical services scholarship

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2016
Challenger has revealed details of its new scholarship program to support the company's commitment to continuing education for financial services and advice professionals. The scholarship program offers two comprehensive courses: Aged Care Planning ...

Australian Ethical reports solid profit growth

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2016
Australian Ethical Investments has seen its net profit after tax rise 172% to $1.5 million for the half year to 31 December. Half year revenue increased 11% to $10.9 million, up from $9.9 million, while net inflows doubled over the previous corresponding ...

Dimensional expands with new Melbourne office

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016
Global asset management firm Dimensional has opened a new office in Melbourne in a bid to grow its investment management business and increase its client services capabilities. The new office is on Collins Street, the heartland of Australian industry ...

Cbus hires infrastructure manager

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016
... Kristian Fok said. "Diana's appointment is a significant step in our infrastructure program. Diana will be developing the plan further and building our resourcing to deliver on this strategy." Callebaut added: "It's a pivotal time for Cbus and I'm excited ...

Pan-Tribal appoints head of business operations

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016
Pan-Tribal Asset Management has appointed a new head of business operations and strategic planning. Prior to Pan-Tribal, Sarah Angliss was a senior investment analyst at UniSuper. She has also held roles at UBS Global Asset Management and Colonial First ...

PROFILE: Mercer chief customer officer Renee McGowan

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
... you would be working with a German company that had just acquired a small company and needed to work out how the pension plan worked for these new employees. And literally the following week I would be in Azerbaijan working with a company about how to ...