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Commercial real estate optimism ticks up

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024
The overall sentiment of global corporate real estate leaders has improved to its highest level since Q2 2022, according to a survey by Knight Frank. The real estate group asked the leaders to rate several sentiments around growth, portfolio, and workplace. ...

Rest teams up with Fidelity to launch new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024
... up the path to a carbon neutral economy." The LOGICs fund will focus on energy efficient assets in key markets including France, Germany, Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. The investment also brings Rest closer to its target of achieving a 1% allocation ...

Nobel Prize-winning economist Daniel Kahneman dies

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... travel the same distance to save $5 on a $125 calculator. Born in Tel Aviv in March 1934, Kahneman was then raised in Paris, France. During World War II, Kahneman was forced to wear the Star of David when German forces occupied Paris in 1940. After the ...

Super funds defend controversial weapons holdings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
Several major superannuation funds such as UniSuper, Aware Super, and Equip Super continue to invest in global weapons companies despite growing concerns among members, particularly as the Israel-Hamas war escalates. This includes France's Thales ...

Global fund managers welcome chief executives

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2023
... of Groupe BPCE's senior management and executive committees. Groupe BPCE, which is the second-largest banking group in France, also pursues its activities worldwide with the asset and wealth management services provided by Natixis. BPCE global business ...

AMP challenges BOLR court ruling

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2023
AMP is appealing the Federal Court's Buyer of Last Resort (BOLR) ruling that determined in favour of AMP Financial Planning advisers who saw the valuations of businesses slashed by 40%. AMP filed a Notice of Appeal in the Federal Court yesterday ...

Gender parity in funds management stalls

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023
... a mere 8% of female fund managers in domicile across its 836 funds. Elsewhere, the US has 11%, the UK sits at 12%, and France (18%). Taking the lead, Taiwan and Hong Kong have 29% and 25% female fund managers, respectively.

NZ Super Fund secures stake in Euroclear

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2023
... Central Securities Depositories. Further, it operates the national Central Securities Depositories in Belgium, Finland, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Euroclear Bank is the provider of settlement and related securities ...

Munich Re targets AMP over alleged reinsurance misconduct

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2023
AMP is facing legal action from global reinsurer Munich Re over potentially deceptive practices in past reinsurance arrangements. In a disclosure nestled within AMP's recent half-year results, it was revealed that AMP Limited and its subsidiaries, including ...

Banking sector fears propel family offices towards metals

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2023
... funds, private equity funds, venture capital funds, and 20 family offices located in Canada, Australia, the US, UK, UAE, France, Germany, Switzerland, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia. Findings revealed that 85% of family offices expect the price of gold to increase ...
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