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CBRE Global Investors announces rebrand

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021
... Earlier this year, the former CBRE Clarion Securities lost its senior analyst and portfolio manager Gavin Peacock leaving Asia Pacific team leader Justin Pica as lead portfolio manager. In late 2018, CBRE Clarion Securities took over the UBS Property ...

Montreal Exchange extends trading hours

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021
The Montreal Exchange (MX) is making a play for superannuation fund assets by syncing its trading hours to accommodate Asia Pacific investors. The Canadian derivatives exchange has extended its trading hours to allow Asia Pacific investors to manage ...

Maple-Brown Abbott launches new fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
... Fund aims to deliver a total return over a five-year period maintaining a dividend yield in excess of the MSCI All Countries Asia excluding Japan Net Index (AUD). The fund focuses on companies with both the ability and intention to offer sustainable ...

EQT Group dumps Iress bid

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
... business with strong market share and a very loyal customer base driven by its market-leading software solutions," EQT chair of Asia Pacific Thomas Von Koch said. "We have not come across any red flags during our due diligence but were not able to sufficiently ...

Pension fund backs Aussie insurance distributor

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2021
... our proposition and our commitment to the long-term growth of the business." Also commenting, OTPP senior managing director Asia Pacific Ben Chan said the investment is consistent with the pension fund's strategy of investing in leading financial services ...

Whitehelm Capital sells to German manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2021
... opportunities. The Whitehelm acquisition triples PATRIZIA's infrastructure AUM to about EUR 5 billion, broadens its footprint in Asia Pacific and accelerates its goal to have net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, the firm said. PATRIZIA is aiming for a ...

Adviser ETF take-up continues

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
... ETFs because they only use actively managed funds and that they do not know enough about them. VanEck chief executive and Asia Pacific managing director Arian Neiron said that strong performance of ETFs is the number one reason for advisers' take-up ...

Strong year for farmland assets

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021
... Australia's premium and bulk wine sector whilst other commodities have generally readily found replacement export markets across Asia. Record ocean freight rates are also expected to marginally impinge on agricultural export prices." Transactions ...

Platinum LICs combine boards

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021
Platinum Asset Management's Asian equities and global equities LIC will now have a common board, as its Asia LIC's chair Malcolm Halstead retires. Platinum Capital Limited (ASX: PMC) and Platinum Asia Investments Limited (ASX: PAI) will both ...

MSCI reclassifies Pakistan to frontier market

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021
... development, market accessibility, and size and liquidity. Pakistan was classified as an emerging market alongside other Asia countries of India, China, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan and Philippines. Now it joins its Asian peers of Bangladesh ...