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Global pension fund injects $500m into Aussie real estate debt

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2018
A Canadian pension fund managing more than C$350 billion made its first Australian real estate debt investment with a $19 billion local asset manager. CPPIB Credit Investments - a subsidiary of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board - injected $500 ...

AAT reduces former adviser's ban

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
A former financial planner who lied about his planning qualifications will be able to provide financial services again in 2022, after his original ban was reduced. Permanently banned from providing financial services by ASIC in 2016, former Hobart financial ...

Former REIT exec to lead new funds management business

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018
A former AMP and Centuria executive will lead the wholesale funds management business at one of Australia's oldest companies. Neil Rogan joins Gowing Bros after serving as general manager of the investment bond business at Centuria Capital for three-and-a-half ...

Church threatens to dump $21bn of fossil fuels

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2018
One of the UK's largest charity fund managers has voted to sell $21 billion worth of investments in fossil fuels if the companies don't align to climate change goals by 2023. The Church of England's parliament voted 347 to four in favour ...

Family offices maintain equity allocations: Study

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
Latest research shows less than one-third of family offices are using quantitative models to determine asset class allocations and position sizes. At the same time, equity allocations remain unchanged. These are the key takeaways from the most recent ...

Praemium FUA surpasses $8bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
Praemium's funds under administration surpassed $8 billion thanks to a bumper June 2018 quarter of key client wins. FUA shot up 35% compared to the prior corresponding period, with about $566 million of inflows coming in from Australian business. ...

Frontier names head of real assets arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
Frontier Advisors appointed an investment banker to lead its real assets division. Isabelle Demir joins Frontier Advisors as head of real assets on July 30. The asset consultant has about $300 billion under advice. Demir will work closely with property ...

Government mulls reforms to tax residency rules

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2018
The Federal Government is considering an overhaul of the rules governing residency for tax purposes in Australia, recommending a person's residency be defined by the number of days they spend in the country in a 12-month period. The Board of Taxation ...

Infrastructure manager turns up the heat

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
A $4.7 billion global infrastructure manager, and an investment consultant to several superannuation funds, has purchased a stake in a Norwegian heating network. Whitehelm Capital acquired a 49% stake in Kvitebjorn Varme AS, the owner and operator of ...

Dover advisers turn orphans

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018
While there are Dover financial advisers that have managed to transition elsewhere in recent weeks, latest ASIC data shows hundreds of advisers will be without a licensee when the disgraced AFSL shutters today. Rainmaker analysis of ASIC's Financial ...