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IFM Investors acquires super fund-owned port

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2019
IFM Investors is partnering with one of the world's largest port operators to acquire 100% of Poland's largest container terminal from a consortium comprising Australian superannuation funds. The IFM Global Infrastructure Fund, in partnership with PSA ...

Boutique manager makes executive changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2019
A $330 million fund manager appointed a new chief operating officer, while its chief financial officer has resigned. David Addis is the new chief operating officer of property fund manager GARDA Capital Group effective March 18. Addis was previously ...

Chief economist update: The winter of Australia's discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
It would be the winter of Australia's agriculture sector if Rabobank's 'Winter Crop Production Outlook' report is any guide. The specialist agribusiness bank predicts that the country's national harvest would drop by 23% in the 2018/19 ...

NEOS unveils underwriting and sales team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
NEOS Life has formally announced the members of its underwriting and sales teams. Gemma Wheeler leads the underwriting and operations team. She joined from BT Life where she was a national new business and underwriting manager. Prior to that, she was ...

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 ...

SMSF cash balances not ballooning: BGL

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
... is certainly not a substantial increase as suggested by others in the industry and could even simply be a timing issue - Easter was much earlier this year," he said. Overall, cash represented about 20% of SMSF assets in both 2017 and 2018. The SMSF administration ...

Infrastructure receives $24.5 billion injection

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
The Federal Government last night promised to inject $24.5 billion into new infrastructure projects, a move which could create opportunities for infrastructure investors and managers in the future. In his Budget speech, Treasurer Scott Morrison said ...

Industry leaders join Prospa board

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 APR 2018
Two prominent female financial services executives have joined the board of online small business lender Prospa. Gail Pemberton and Fiona Trafford-Walker have been appointed as independent non-executive directors, while current director Greg Ruddock ...

Colonial First State awards $168 million mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2017
Colonial First State has awarded a $168 million mandate to a global $48 billion manager. UBS Asset Management Australia's property securities team has been selected to manage the mandate. Comprising portfolio manager David Scott and analyst Pat Barrett ...

UBS wins pensions mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
UBS Asset Management was awarded an $18 billion passive management mandate from a pool of UK local government pension schemes. The Local Government Pension Schemes ACCESS (A Collaboration of Central, Eastern and Southern Shires) pool - the combined ...