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Catholic, Equip SFT to see Fairley exit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
With Catholic Super and Equipsuper set to officially merge at the end of the month, chair Andrew Fairley will hand over the reins - but he has "no interest in going home to mow the lawns". After more than 12 years at the helm of Equip, two of which ...

Your Future, Your Super passes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
... another fund. Treasury proposed a review of exclusions in superannuation group insurance, but Cbus said this doesn't go far enough. "A Treasury review of unspecified outcome or timing will do nothing to mitigate the immediate impacts for workers ...

Aussie PE, VC assets hit milestone

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
Australian private equity and venture capital firms' assets reached a record high of $18.4 billion (US$14bn), according to new research. The Alternative Assets in Asia-Pacific report compiled by Preqin saw a 20% jump in the total capital raised ...

Super leaders recognised

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
Leaders in the financial services industry have been recognised in the Queen's Birthday 2021 Honours list, with a number from the superannuation sector represented. This year saw 1190 Australians recognised in the Queen's Birthday honours and ...

State Street launches dedicated crypto, blockchain business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... the industry's first front-to-back offering based on the principles of openness and interoperability, was launched. And, so far this year, the company has been appointed as administrator of a planned bitcoin backed exchange traded note and as the fund ...

Putting the local property boom in perspective

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
Knight Frank's latest global house prices index has provided a bit of perspective on the red hot residential property markets of Australia's capital cities. There was a 7.3% average change in prices across 56 countries and territories, with Turkey experiencing ...

LIC restructures to ETMF

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021
... blunt in his assessment of the problems with LICs as structures and the issue of LICs trading at discount. He even went as far as to say it was "besmirching" the name of good managers to manage a LIC trading at a discount. "Many LIC managers have tried ...

Macquarie subsidiary to acquire REIT

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021
After its ninth attempt, Macquarie Agricultural Funds Management is set to acquire a real estate investment trust for $354.6 million. Vitalharvest Freehold Trust (VTH) accepted an offer price of $1.295 per share from MAFM on June 2. In November 2020 ...

Chief economist update: Home sweet home

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021
... a year ago - while loan commitments from investors went up by 3.7% month-on-month and surged by 63.0% from April 2020. So far, the RBA has only acknowledged the rise and rise in house prices and assured that it is monitoring lending standards. "Housing ...

Chief economist update: A delicate balancing act

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
... supply. The Baker and Hughes rotary oil rig count has reached a 13-month high of 359 rigs as at the end of May - up by 30.5% so far this year and by a whopping 109% since it dropped to a 15-year low of 172 rigs in August 2020.