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Factor-based investment demand strengthens: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
... can be applied to fixed income, but just one-third (32%) are using factor strategies within their fixed income portfolios. North American (52%) and European (47%) investors are eyeing multi-asset and multi-factor products as preferred structures for ...

Whitehelm acquires Netherlands asset for pension funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
Infrastructure investment manager Whitehelm Capital recently acquired a petroleum tank storage terminal in the Netherlands on behalf of several pension funds. Whitehelm agreed to acquire 90% of the shares in Vopak Terminal Eemshaven - a joint venture ...

QIC boosts US presence with acquisition

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
QIC is expanding its global real estate operation in the US through the purchase of 10 regional shopping malls on behalf of one of the investment giant's clients. QIC acquired additional interests in its joint venture partner Forest City Enterprises ...

AMP Capital invests in US telecoms giant

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
... terrific asset to the portfolio for our investors, AMP Capital Infrastructure Debt principal Patrick Trears said. "We see the North American telecommunications infrastructure space as particularly attractive right now, and expect it will be a driver ...

Intergenerational business succession failing: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
... report. A separate study by UBS and Campden Research recently found family offices in Asia Pacific lagged behind Europe and North America in succession planning - only 13% have written plans in place, while 19.4% have no plan at all. The PwC report noted ...

Trump-flation returns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
... Trump versus NATO, Trump versus the NFL, Trump versus Alec Baldwin and more recently, Trump versus the new "axis of evil" - North Korea, Iran and Venezuela (USA Today) - the list goes on. Trump's propensity to alienate almost everyone (including his ...

NZ Super Fund posts record returns

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
... reflects a sustained rally in global equity markets, the Guardians' strategic tilting program, its significant investment in North Island forestry business Kaingaroa Timberlands, and the Guardians' internally-managed credit mandates. Chief executive ...

Family offices put focus back on equities: Research

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
... year of poor performance in 2015, family offices' average investment portfolio bounced back to a notable 7% return in 2016. North American family offices produced the strongest performance at 7.7% and Asia-Pacific family offices were a close second at ...

Transparency to the max

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
... their holdings and cheapen share prices. But alas! Most share markets closed stronger. These, despite the escalation of US-North Korean tensions (and this time, it became personal between Trump and Jong-Un); S&P's downgrade of China's credit rating ...

On the road to normal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2017
Unless North Korean tensions escalate beyond the "missile testing" tit-for-tat, it'll be the Fed that will occupy financial market consciousness this week. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will start their two-day deliberations on monetary policy ...