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Charter Hall REIT cops $198m loss

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2023
... long weighted average lease expiry (WALE) retail out of the total 549. The rest are in industrial and logistics, office, social infrastructure, and agri-logistics. Long WALE retail suffered a 5.3% devaluation year on year to end at $2.9 billion. Agri-logistics ...

Banking sector fears propel family offices towards metals

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2023
... family offices said they expect their exposure to gold to increase over the next 18 months. A key motive behind this investment is a deep concern about the banking sector, with 80% pointing to such worries. According to the report, 70% of respondents ...

Goldman Sachs launches global infra feeder fund for Aussie investors

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2023
... sub-sectors. "The most exciting trends today include energy transition, digital infrastructure, transport and logistics and social infrastructure which pertain to essential services," he said. "We have deep expertise in each of these four parts of the ...

Aware Super details new term deposit option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2023
... in rates currently as high as 5.25%. In April, Financial Standard flagged Aware Super was introducing a term deposit investment option as part of a raft of changes to kick in once the VicSuper brand was retired. With that having now occurred, and in ...

AAC at centre of billionaire insider trading scheme

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023
... stock market, because thanks to [Mr] Lewis those bets were a sure thing," US attorney Damian Williams said in a video on social media. "None of this was necessary. Joe Lewis is a wealthy man. But as we allege, he used inside information as a way to compensate ...

Tax miners, major corporates to tackle housing shortage: CFMEU

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023
... and Energy Union (CFMEU) is calling for the introduction of a $28 billion annual super profits tax to close the gap in social and affordable housing. The CFMEU commissioned Oxford Independent Economics to explore the viability of a super profit tax in ...

UniSuper awards impact mandate, inks industrial deal

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023
... NorthStar Impact, which invests in listed companies in Australia and New Zealand whose core business activities seek to address social and environmental changes while generating measurable outcomes alongside sustainable development goals. What's more ...

Hostplus tops up mandate, returns 8% to members

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023
... said the commitment from Hostplus will support investment in companies that have the potential to drive environmental and social change. "The IP Group Hostplus Innovation Fund continues to demonstrate the investment opportunity of deep technology rooted ...

Does ESG have a fiduciary issue?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2023
... ESG solutions and corporate responsibility Jaclyn Bouchard argued that if BlackRock stops using the term, environmental, social and governance will become more integrated in the "fabric" of investments - instead of something separate. At its May AGM ...

Family offices increasingly involved in succession planning

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2023
... the next generation is 'less involved' in developing and reviewing investment strategies," Ocorian said. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations are another area of interest for the next generation, with 75% of repondents seeing an ...