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Largest pension funds see drop in assets: Research

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2023
The top 300 pension funds in the world, including 16 local super funds, have seen their assets drop for the first time since 2018. According to the Global Top 300 Pensions Funds report, conducted by Willis Towers Watson (WTW) and the Thinking Ahead ...

Spark adopts two fintechs

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2023
... accessing quality, affordable financial advice is paramount." Voyant vice president of business development for Australia and Europe Stephen Brown said the software is designed to remove the complexity around financial planning while enabling Spark advisers ...

LGT seals abrdn wealth business deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2023
... clients' ambitions." Meantime, LGT chair H.S.H. Prince Max von und zu Liechtenstein said the UK is one of LGT's key markets in Europe and the wealth management arm is well-positioned to capture organic growth opportunities. "Clients want stable partners ...

Managed accounts FUM hits $162bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2023
... Accumulation Index rising 4.51%. "Volatility has trended downwards in the first half of 2023 for the US and Aussie markets, with Europe peaking sharply at the end of the first quarter before also declining. The uncertainty around inflation and growth ...

NZ Super Fund secures stake in Euroclear

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2023
NZ Super Fund has acquired a 4.99% shareholding in Brussels-based Euroclear, a provider of essential financial markets infrastructure. With assets under custody totalling around €36 trillion and facilitating over €1 quadrillion in annual securities ...

Global dividends at all-time highs: Janus Henderson

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023
... about the outlook," Lofthouse said. For example, while employment levels have remained very strong, Lofthouse said parts of Europe have experienced technical recessions and policymakers everywhere are still intent on combatting inflation, even if it ...

Perpetual restructures asset management leadership, regional chiefs exit

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023
... businesses," Adams said. In light of these organisational changes, Perpetual confirmed that the regional chief executives for Europe and the UK, as well as the Americas, have been impacted. Alexandra Altinger, who spearheaded J O Hambro, is departing ...

No question we need more BTR: Mowat

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023
... Already, UBS has over US$30 billion in BTR under management around the world, with business growing quickly in the US and Europe. In Japan and Australia, UBS's BTR strategy is very much the same, Mowat said. "We've got a big, separate account client ...

Danish pension fund hands $500m to QIC

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2023
... emerging sponsors, as well as targeting control investments in high-growth companies. QIC private equity partner and head of Europe Rune Jepsen said cyclical and structural developments in the European private equity market makes opportune timing for ...

Global wealth to rise 38% by 2027: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023
... in the Asia Pacific region are home to more than 66,000. "This already considerably exceeds the roughly 40,000 living in Europe and this difference in favour of APAC should increase further," the report said. While the future looks bright, the report ...