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October 2024

Eureka and Aspen are retirement housing players.

Eureka Group’s spurned suitor Aspen launches $33.6m block trade

It comes after Aspen, capitalised at $430 million on the ASX, tried to acquire Eureka under a scrip bid but failed due to opposition from the target’s register. 

  • Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport

May 2024

Aspen’s co-chief executives John Carter and David Dixon.

Let business play a role fixing Australia’s affordable housing crisis

ASX-listed Aspen has found novel ways to combat the cost inflation plaguing the sector. It’s time to scale via M&A and create sustainable operators.

  • Justin O'Brien

August 2023

A Ukrainian serviceman carry a 155mm shell to a self-propelled howitzer “Bohdana” before firing towards Russian positions near Bakhmut, Ukraine.

US faces hurdles in ramping up munitions supplies for Ukraine war effort

The Biden administration has been aware for months that Ukraine’s high burn-rate of munitions would begin to stretch supplies.

  • Felicia Schwartz and Christopher Miller

September 2022

Listed property biz Aspen Group in $36.3m raise to trim gearing

Listed property owner Aspen Group has put a $36.3 million placement to investors to pay down debt, after sounding fund managers on Monday evening.

  • Anthony Macdonald, Sarah Thompson and Kanika Sood

Affordable housing play Aspen Group books investors for raising

Listed property owner Aspen Group is set to try and break the listed real estate raisings drought and prove that Australian investors haven’t given up on the sector. 

  • Anthony Macdonald, Sarah Thompson and Kanika Sood
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March 2022

Mark Kendall, CEO of WearOptimo, which produces wearable sensors that give patients and doctors early warning of heart attacks, heat stroke and other life-threatening medical emergencies.

Aspen Medical invests in wearable sensor technology

Queensland-based health tech company WearOptimo is developing a tiny wearable sensor that detects dehydration risks.

  • Tom McIlroy

September 2021

Aspen buys into Perth’s BTR sector

Acquired from Fife Capital, the portfolio comprises 17 apartment complexes and represents one of the largest deals in some time for Aspen, an ASX-listed accommodation provider.

  • Nick Lenaghan
Streetscape at Colonial Tweed Holiday and Home Park, recently sold by Resort Brokers.

Investors mob holiday parks, sparking sharp asset price rises

Prices for holiday parks have risen sharply – in some cases doubling – over the past 18 months as investors flood a market short on stock and high on ambition.

  • Martin Kelly

July 2021

Professional investors like holiday parks as they have relatively low capital expenditure once land is acquired, yields are attractive and the value of the underlying land will rise over time.

How to profit from niche Australian REITs

Investors can’t get enough of Australian real estate investment trusts and property companies that own niche or alternative assets.

  • Tony Featherstone

November 2020

Advisers to Joe Biden are pushing Democratic leaders to reach a quick stimulus deal with Senate Republicans.

Biden team prepares for renewed recession

Advisers to President-elect Joe Biden are planning for the increasing likelihood that the United States economy is headed for a 'double-dip' recession early next year.

  • Jim Tankersley and Emily Cochrane

September 2020

Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open Tennis.

The wearable device making major events possible

When Melbourne event company Harry the Hirer found its entire calendar of work disappear in just seven days earlier this year, it knew it needed to act fast.

  • Ronald Mizen

July 2020

Aspen Medical founder Glenn Keys.

Aspen Medical $1.2b COVID surge

Few companies can claim an almost 30 per cent dominance in contract value from a government department in a single year, Aspen Medical is one of them.

  • Ronald Mizen

May 2020

Moelis blasts terms for Aspen Group placement

Listed holiday and accommodation park owner Aspen Group was pitching a capital raising to investors on Thursday afternoon. 

  • Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald and Tim Boyd

February 2020

Accommodation provider Aspen on track

Pockets of oversupply have not dented an earnings lift for Aspen, which operates in the residential, retirement and short-stay sectors.

  • Nick Lenaghan
Michael Bloomberg: "I didn't fully understand the unintentional pain it caused young black and brown kids and their families."

Bloomberg under fire from all sides as Democratic race heats up

Rival Democrats battling for the Nevada caucuses later this week seized on Michael Bloomberg's Republican past and comments about policing, women and race. One of Donald Trump's top advisers also landed a punch.

  • Emma Kinery and Mark Niquette
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November 2019

Aspen Group appoints The Agency to manage its recently acquired 84 existing homes in Rockingham, Perth.

The Agency to manage Aspen's entire Perth portfolio

ASX-listed real estate firm The Agency Property has won the contract to manage Aspen Group’s $20 million Perth rental portfolio - their first exclusive commercial agreement with a corporate owner.

  • Nila Sweeney

October 2019

Aspen buys 84 existing homes in Rockingham, Perth for $20 million.

Aspen pays $20m for 84 Perth homes

ASX-listed accommodation provider Aspen has bought 84 existing build-to-rent properties in Perth for $20 million as it shifts towards a long-term leasing model.

  • Nila Sweeney

June 2018

New Zealand's Cushing family raises stake in Aspen Group

One of New Zealand's wealthiest families, the Cushings, have shot up the register of Aspen Group.

  • Updated
  • Larry Schlesinger

November 2017

Aspen eases into Darwin resort, buys FreeSpirit for $19.5 million

Accommodation provider Aspen has bought the Darwin FreeSpirit Resort in the Northern Territory for $19.5 million.

  • Updated
  • Nick Lenaghan

February 2017

Aspen posts modest return as it rebuilds

Affordable accommodation landlord Aspen has booked a modest 2017 interim profit as it rebuilds its business.

  • Updated
  • Nick Lenaghan

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