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OneVue announces management, strategy changes

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
... OneVue announced in its update the goal of becoming "the Australian unit registry utility", comparing itself to North American State Street joint ventures Boston Financial Data Services and International Financial Data Services. "BFDS and IFDS are basically ...

Super funds too small for activism

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... investment returns, "it should not be too long before the large superannuation funds reach the size of the big North American funds, potentially beyond. "At that stage, the giants of funds management in Australia should have the capacity to sponsor activism." ...

IFM acquires US$5.7 billion highway

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... position, long concession duration and inflation and GDP-linked tolling regime." "ITR is strategically important to the North American transportation network. We are committed to maintaining the asset to a high standard that provides maximum availability ...

Dai-ichi Life expands US, Asia Pacific presence

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... announced in a press release that "the Group expects Protective Life to act as [its] strategic growth platform in the North American region, achieving further growth and making enhanced contributions to Group profits." Dai-ichi's Asia Pacific regional ...

AMP Capital awarded $250m global infrastructure mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2015
... transactions. We look forward to expanding the global infrastructure strategy by attracting additional commitments from North American investors as well as acquiring high-quality assets in the region for our clients and the strategy."

Link acquires proxy solicitation firm

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... provider Link Group has acquired D.F. King, a global proxy solicitation firm, after an agreement was reached with its North American partner, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company (AST). Link and AST, both majority owned by funds managed by Pacific ...

Hastings grows London and New York offices

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... appointments in its London and New York offices and has now more than 35% of its staff covering the European and North American markets. Daniel Lee has joined Hastings' global investment team in New York and will be responsible for sourcing and executing ...

NZ Super CEO higher paid than Aussie counterparts

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
... to the Australian market from 1.7% to 2.5% of its overall portfolio. Almost half of all its investments are in North American assets, with 25% in Europe and 14% in New Zealand. The report also showed that the fund heavily favours passive over active ...

Family offices returned 9% in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
... Asia-Pacific were most likely to co-invest, followed shortly after by developing economy family offices. European and North American family offices were less likely to conduct direct investments, though data suggests this will change in future. The report ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... 15,970.50 around noon. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket has dropped from a record, led by Xero after its North American chief executive resigned half a year into the job. The benchmark NZX 50 Index fell 28.259 points, or 0.7 per cent, to 5223.965 ...