Retirement Village Group: looking to replace managers Macquarie Group

Sep 02 2010 Updated July 4, 2023

The Weekly Source

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The Australian newspaper has reported that investors in Retirement Village Group are disgruntled with Macquaries performance as manager of the group and looking to remove them from the role. Retirement Village Group is an unlisted retirement village (RV) operator and a joint venture between Macquarie Group Ltd and FKP.
http://www.thesourcetoday.com.au/p601_Retirement-Village-Group-looking-to-replace-managers-Macquarie-Group.html

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