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FAAA announces 2024 awards finalists

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
... commitment, talent, and passion within our profession." The winners will be announced at the annual FAAA Congress in Brisbane on November 28. Separately, the Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) named its 2024 ReCALIbrate grant recipients. Nicole ...

Charges dropped against Macquarie adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024
Charges against a former Macquarie financial adviser, including five counts of fraud, have been dropped. The Brisbane Magistrate's Court dismissed all 27 charges laid against Warren Scott Acworth on October 3 after the Commonwealth Director of Public ...

CFMG Capital raises for $26m Brisbane project

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2024
... Queensland-based fund manager has launched a capital raising to fund development of a recently acquired site at Rochedale, south of Brisbane. The 3.37ha site is situated on Farley Road and will be developed into a 27-lot gated community, with prices ...

Ontario Teachers', Hines snap up build-to-rent portfolio

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024
... Teachers' Pension Plan and global real estate investment manager Hines have acquired two build-to-rent (BTR) properties in Brisbane, comprising 354 units, from ADCO Group. The first property, located at 28 Robertson Street in Fortitude Valley, is an ...

Colonial First State hires PE head, farewells sales exec

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
... investment and asset management activities across Australia and New Zealand, including as director for Plenary, Port of Brisbane, Sydney Metro and WestConnex. She has over 13 years of combined experience in infrastructure investing, mergers and acquisitions ...

Powerhouse Ventures to acquire Aliwa

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
... million+ in funds under management (FUM) over 18 months. These two tranches equate to just under 15% of shares on issue. Brisbane-based David McNamee is the founder of Aliwa and the portfolio manager of the flagship Aliwa Alpha Fund, which focuses on ...

Funds SA exec jumps ship

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024
... return to the East Coast for family reasons - taking a short break and initially dividing his time between Melbourne and Brisbane. "I have loved my time with Funds SA, but now is the right time for me to move closer to family interstate," he said. "I ...

Former adviser cops 12 years' imprisonment

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
... spend the next 12 years behind bars after he was found guilty of fraud again. Jayaweera was sentenced in a retrial at the Brisbane District Court yesterday after he was found guilty of 28 counts of fraud amounting to $5,958,870 in losses for former clients. ...

Former Brisbane adviser found guilty of fraud again

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024
... found guilty of misleading clients to invest their retirement savings in a single abalone farm that went bust. Former Brisbane financial adviser and director of Growth Plus Financial Group (in liquidation), Ben Jayaweera, was found guilty of 28 counts ...

AOF sells another asset, flags delisting

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2024
... sold 2-10 Valentine Avenue, Parramatta for $80.5 million at a 6% discount. Settlement is due to occur in March 2025. Brisbane CBD tower, 150 Charlotte Street, went for $64.5 million in April, higher than its $62 million valuation. Early in the year ...