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Industry fund hires executives

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
An $11 billion industry superannuation fund has created two new executive executive roles that report directly to the chief executive officer. Local Government Super, which manages superannuation investments for employees in NSW local governments, has ...

CFS retail sales lead joins global boutique

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
The head of retail investment sales at Colonial First State will head the newly-opened Australian office of a global boutique investment manager. Laird Abernethy has been appointed managing director of Australia and New Zealand for GQG Partners. He ...

Charity donates $10m to university

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
Owners of an ASX-listed company donated $10 million to a university with campuses in Coffs Harbor and Queensland to fund research. Marcus Blackmore and wife Catherine of the $2 billion vitamin empire Blackmores made the personal donation to Southern ...

Dexus partners with sovereign wealth fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
Dexus has set up a $2 billion wholesale fund that will invest in Australian logistics properties as a joint venture with an Asian sovereign wealth fund. Singapore's GIC is initially taking a stake of about $417 million in the Dexus Australian Logistics ...

Antipodes Partners expands team

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
The global equities boutique has added a former Platinum Asset Management analyst to its team, and is hiring for other roles. Alison Savas is taking on the role of client portfolio manager and will interact with advisers and investors on technical enquiries ...

MetLife expands retail arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
MetLife Australia continues to bolsters its retail division with four key appointments. Marcus Chan joins MetLife as sales manager for New South Wales. He came from BT Financial Group where he worked as a business development manager. Also from BTFG ...

Super fund apologises for admin error

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
An $80 billion superannuation fund admitted on Friday to an administrative error affecting 346 of its members. Following QSuper's investigation of more than 226,000 current and former defined benefit accounts, it was found that 246 members were ...

Swiss manager invests in Queensland solar

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
A Swiss asset manager has invested $50 million in a Queensland-based solar energy plant, as it makes it first foray into Australian renewable assets. SUSI Partners is an asset manager based in Zurich that invests exclusively in renewable energy infrastructure ...

TCorp sets green bond record

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
New South Wales Treasury Corporation (TCorp) recently raised $1.8 billion to fund the NSW Government's first green bond. It is a record for the Australian green bond market. Launched on November 8, the green bond issue had a minimum size of $500 ...

Labor responds to Royal Commission, sheds light on victims of misconduct

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
The Labor Party submitted a response to Commissioner Kenneth Hayne's interim report, documenting feedback to the Royal Commission through victims of bank misconduct, including claims banks go out of their way to avoid compensation settlements. In ...