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Perpetual announces internal promotions

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
... Perpetual Corporate Trust, Perpetual Investments and Perpetual's people and culture division. Perpetual group executive Chris Green said the appointments highlight Perpetual's commitment to developing staff and promoting from within the organisation. ...

MYOB acquires Greentree

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
Cloud-based business management solutions provider MYOB has acquired a New Zealand enterprise resource planning software firm for about $27 million. MYOB told the ASX yesterday it had purchased Auckland-based Greentree, a provider to more than 850 larger ...

QIC and Future Fund back $3bn renewable fund

KERRIE SYDEE, MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
QIC and the Future Fund have backed a $2-3 billion fund with AGL that, once fully invested, will own roughly 10% of Australia's renewable energy capacity. A strategic partnership between the QIC Global Infrastructure Fund and the Future Fund will see ...

World first green bond raises $300m

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
The Victorian Government green bond, issued on 19 July, has raised $300 million and will be used to help finance and refinance Victorian state investments in energy efficiency, renewable energy generation, low carbon public transport and energy efficient ...

ASX ranks third in global sustainability survey

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016

Pacific Current CEO resigns to start boutique

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
The chief executive of global multi-boutique asset manager Pacific Current Group has resigned. Tim Carver joined Pacific Current in 2006 and was a member of the board, executive committee and investment committee. Prior to that, Carver was a general ...

Returning Fed hike expectations could be flattened by yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
A big bounce in US employment gave the green light to investors and speculators to put risk back on onto their portfolios. Fear, it seems, has left the building... or driven out by the strong US jobs numbers. The VIX index closed 10.6% down to a reading ...

NZ Super seeks factor investing strategies

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
... which delivers a range of investment exposures, including: macro themes such as demographics around emerging Asia and clean green food; scope for adding value through active management; and improving portfolio diversification. "We are conscious of the ...

Brexit - the Australian connection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
Just like almost all other equity markets around the world, Australia's stock market took a beating from the United Kingdom's unexpected vote to leave the European Union (EU) at the referendum held on 23 June 2016. The All Ordinaries index dropped by ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016
US flash manufacturing PMI The Markit flash US Manufacturing PMI shows factory activity improved to its highest in three months. The PMI rose to a preliminary reading of 51.4 in June from 50.7 in the previous month - better than expectations for a slight ...