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ESR Group completes ARA acquisition

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2022
... uniquely positioning the group to capitalise on the largest secular trends in APAC, including the continued rise of e-commerce, an accelerating digital transformation and the financialisation of real estate. Along with Perlman, ESR co-founders & co-chief ...

Investors dig deeper for alternative assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
... the sub-sectors that investors will target in 2022 amid the pandemic and other macro trends like ageing populations, e-commerce, and rising wealth, the Alternatives in 2022 report finds. In Australia, Preqin predicts a boom in the life science industry ...

QSuper bets on US recovery

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022
... chief investment officer and acting chief executive Charles Woodhouse said the investments give the fund exposure to e-commerce. The fund is of the view that due to the "Amazon phenomena" and changing consumer behaviours, e-commerce will continue to ...

Blackstone buys GIC's stake in logistics trust for $2.1bn

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021
... Logistics Trust (DALT) for $2.1 billion, as the private equity giant looks to tap into the country's fast growing e-commerce market. Dubbed as the second largest deal in Australian logistics history, Blackstone will acquire GIC's stake in DALT through ...

Labor promises to recognise adviser experience

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2021
... resource stocks, yet their degrees are not recognised," she said. "And of course, many in our industry have degrees in commerce, finance, economics and business, which the standards authority has not approved."

Frydenberg pledges to move on crypto regulation

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021
... government's plans to move forward with new crypto asset reforms in 2022. In a speech to the Australian-Israel Chamber of Commerce (AICC) yesterday, the Federal Treasurer described the move as the most significant update to Australia's payments system ...

Pensioners could solve skills shortage

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
... Age Pension could be the solution to the current skills shortage crisis. This is according to the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which is calling on the federal government to look at the semi-retired population to fill the nation's ...

AustralianSuper acquires Qantas site

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
... Botany, WestConnex and the M5/M8 Motorway. The consortium plans to develop the site into a four-level ramp up, logistics, e-commerce and last-mile logistics hub that connects to Sydney Airport. The project is due to complete in December 2021 and is estimated ...

Magellan director steps down

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2021
... NAB Private Wealth, IPScape and GWS Giants Foundation. He is deputy national chair of the Australian British Chamber of Commerce and a non-executive director at Volt Corporation and Grassrootz. In its full year results, Magellan reported a 33% drop in ...

Macquarie AM acquires logistics centre

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021
... evolving and have been further accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic which is expected to have long-lasting effects on e-commerce," MAM co-head of real estate team in Europe Dana Gibson said. "This changing landscape supports our strong conviction for ...