Will Chip Goodyear bring Temasek to a village near you?

Feb 09 2009 Updated July 4, 2023

The Weekly Source

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Chip Goodyear retired as CEO of BHP just over 12 months ago. Now he has been appointed CEO of Temasek, the $207 billion Singapore Governments sovereign investment fund. Temasek is also reportedly one of the two Asian investors keen to buy Australian village and aged care properties at the bottom of the market. Given he lived in Melbourne for five years, he will have a comfort for making significant investments here that others would not. Being a form of superannuation fund, Temasek has the ability to be long term investor.

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