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PPS launches life insurance mutual offering

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
... community showing strong support for our new endeavour. "We are very pleased to be partnering with PPS (SA) on its first venture into the Australian market, APRA regulated insurer NobleOak Life Limited, and one of the world's largest reinsurers."

CFA societies launch advocacy council

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
A newly formed regional advocacy council for Australia and New Zealand is aiming to champion ethical behaviour and leadership in investment markets as well as set benchmarks to improve market integrity. The council is being run by Chartered Financial ...

Impact investor calls on super fund VC

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
Impact investor Trimantium Capital expects to deploy about $700 million in venture capital by the end of 2016, working with several Australian superannuation funds in the process. Trimantium Capital managing director Phillip Kingston and US-based co-chairman ...

App lets Australians invest pocket change

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
... minimum balance of $5," said Acorns Australia managing director George Lucas. Acorns Grow Australia Limited is a 50/50 joint venture between Acorns Grow Incorporated of the USA and Instreet Investment Limited. The joint venture was established in March ...

Risks are overstated: AUI

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... and there are still plenty of opportunities to make good investments, according to Australian Unity Investments' joint venture asset managers. At a briefing in Sydney, Wingate Asset Management chief investment officer Chad Padowitz said while there is ...

QIC purchases New York shopping centre

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
Giant Australian investment manager QIC has signaled further acquisitions in the US following its joint-venture purchase of Westchester's Ridge Hill retail shopping centre in New York. QIC announced the purchase of a 51% stake in the shopping centre ...

United approach to super fund disclosure: AVCAL

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
The Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL) is calling for financial services regulators and administrators to coordinate their data on superannuation fund investments as a way of streamlining overlaps in reporting and disclosure ...

BGL joins DomaCom in fight for Kidman

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
... provide advice about how to achieve the best outcome for a new Kidman operating entity. This could involve an IPO, a joint venture with a listed company or a separate transaction.

Canadian pension funds keeping eyes on Aussie infra

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
... resources portfolio PSP said it had formed a platform to further invest in Australian cattle assets by committing to a joint-venture partnership, widely reported as a deal with Hewitt Cattle Australia. In fiscal year 2015, PSP Investments directly engaged ...

HESTA makes first impact investment in affordable housing

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
HESTA has made a $6.7 million investment in Horizon Housing, a community housing provider operating in Queensland focused on increasing the supply of social and affordable housing and helping low income earners achieve home ownership. The super fund ...