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AustralianSuper bets on build-to-rent

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
AustralianSuper has made a significant investment into an Australian build-to-rent developer. The country's largest superannuation fund has purchased a 25% stake in Assemble Communities and will have the opportunity to invest in the company's pipeline ...

Boutique appoints ESG lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
One of the country's oldest boutiques has appointed a new head of ESG, hiring from BT. Maple-Brown Abbott has appointed Emma Pringle to the role while current head Natasha McKean takes maternity leave. Pringle joins Maple-Brown Abbott from BT where ...

Former Fidelity wholesale head joins Sydney boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
... the company in March comes as it looks to expand into customised, white-labelled SMAs to independent advisers across the country. "Clearly there has been a structural shift out of institutional licensees towards IFAs. Managed accounts were growing pre-COVID ...

A-REIT winners, losers of the 'new normal'

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... headwinds threaten to impact Australia's real estate investment trust sector, with clear winners and losers emerging as the country gradually reopens. That's according to Pengana Capital Group portfolio manager Amy Pham, responsible for the firm's High ...

Government announces fresh crackdowns on foreign investments

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... framework has always sort to strike a balance between, on the one hand, welcoming and inviting foreign investment to this country, but on the other, ensuring that those foreign investment proposals that succeed are in our national interest," Frydenberg ...

JBWere nabs J.P. Morgan executive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... fits this brief and is consistently ranked by clients as leading one of the top economics and market insight teams in the country." Auld said she is excited to take on the new role, commencing 7 September 2020. "I am thrilled to be joining JBWere, the ...

Retirement specialist makes board appointment

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... EveryAge Counts, and the chair of social venture LifeCycle. Previously, Evans has held senior executive roles at some of the country's largest financial institutions, including as head of retirement at AMP, aged care investment director at AMP Capital ...

Charities call for further stimulus

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... sector. New research from Social Ventures Australia (SVA) and the Centre for Social Impact (CSI) has forecast that the country's 16,000 charities could be severely impacted when JobKeeper, and lease and loan deferrals come to an end in October. Modelling ...

Zurich pledges to COVID-19 support

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... long-standing relationship with many of the selected charities through the fundraising efforts of its employees around the country - including those that support the OnePath Life brand. One of the largest recipients of the local allocation is Foodbank ...

Impact investing set to skyrocket: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... investors with a collective $1722 billion in assets under management and studied 111 impact investment products across the country. It found that the majority of impact investment products are "green" or "sustainable" bonds ($17 billion), while $2.9 ...