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Gordon Brothers receives financing from CPP Investments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | FRIDAY, 22 APR 2022

Gordon Brothers has had a US $300 million cash injection from Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments). The new financing brings the capital base for Gordon Brothers to more than $1 billion. The advisory, restructuring and investments ...

Aussie instos commit $50bn to UK projects

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 1 APR 2022

AustralianSuper and IFM Investors are among several local institutions that will splash their cash on clean energy, technology, and infrastructure projects in the UK in the coming years. Overnight the UK government announced major investments from AustralianSuper ...

AustralianSuper announces joint venture

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2022

AustralianSuper has announced a new joint venture with British Land, which will see the two partner on the Canada Water Masterplan. British Land sold 50% of its stake in Canada Water Masterplan to AustralianSuper for £290 million. Following the completion ...

PIMCO lowers GDP growth rate

KARREN VERGARA | THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022

Australia, together with other rich countries, can expect economic activity to slow down in 2022 as coronavirus outbreaks continue to put a spanner in the works. Fund manager PIMCO has downgraded its developed markets outlook for countries that also ...

Aussies less confident about retirement age

KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021

... respondents found that only 71% of Aussies are confident about retiring at the right time, lagging behind those in the US (84%), Canada (84%) and the UK (76%). Aussie hope to retire at 61 years old on average, yet nearly one quarter are delaying retirement ...

Blackstone invests $925m for stake in Grosvenor Place

CHLOE WALKER | MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021

Blackstone has invested $925m to buy a 50% share in the Grosvenor Place office tower in Sydney CBD. The private equity giant has acquired the stake from Dexus (37.5%) and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (12.5%). Dexus said it would use part of ...

Economic recap: Week to November 26

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021

Out of (South) Africa Just when citizens of Planet Earth were beginning to enjoy their new-found freedom - through herd immunity, increased vaccinations and/or learning to live with Delta - comes a new kid in town. And it's name is Omicron. The discovery ...

Governance tops ESG priorities: Study

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021

... managers and 82% US managers integrate ESG into investment processes. Australia and New Zealand (55%) lead the US (47%) and Canada (52%) when it comes to hiring ESG experts (55%). Meanwhile, Europe and Japan (88%) lead the pack, followed by the UK (63%) ...

Economic recap: Week to November 5

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021

... since June 2014 - in order to "maintain low inflation and support maximum sustainable employment". Soon after the Bank of Canada (BOC) stopped (right now, thank you very much - sorry that was the Spice Girls singing in my head) quantitative easing at ...

Montreal Exchange extends trading hours

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021

The Montreal Exchange (MX) is making a play for superannuation fund assets by syncing its trading hours to accommodate Asia Pacific investors. The Canadian derivatives exchange has extended its trading hours to allow Asia Pacific investors to manage ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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