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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
Australia retail sales It hasn't been since January this year that we saw retail spending increase at this monthly rate. Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show that retail sales grew by 0.4% in the month of August - higher than the ...

NZ Super Fund partners in US renewables

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
... Infratil chief executive Marko Bogoievski added: "The Longroad opportunity emerged from an origination effort focused on North American renewable energy developers. "We sought an experienced and proven management team with the ability to operate a large ...

Funds management giants in historic merger

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... will become global head of distribution at the new company; and Janus president Bruce Koepfgen will be appointed head of North America. Other changes include Henderson executive chair Pan Asia Rob Adams becoming head of Asia-Pacific; Janus chief financial ...

Infrastructure debt funds reaching 2012 highs

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
... raising smaller amounts; 67% of managers had so far secured less than US$500 million in the last 10 years. Of all of these, North America-focused debt funds raised the most capital since 2009 (US$14 billion in total). The average fund close in 2015 raised ...

Unlisted ag funds hit $22bn

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... This was largely driven by fundraising since 2011, which saw 77 agriculture funds close and raise a total of $16 billion. North American agricultural assets dominate the market, representing 35% of capital raised by these funds; 27% were multi-region ...

Ageing population presents investment potential

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... for aged care homes and assisted living facilities. According to Deves, if the region can imitate other countries such as North America in securitising senior living assets then it represents a powerful opportunity for long-term investors in real estate. ...

NZ Super Fund posts decent full-year return

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
The NZ Super Fund returned 1.89% (after costs, before NZ tax) in the year to 30 June 2016. Performance was hampered by negative returns in global equities but the investment committee was still able to add value versus the passive reference portfolio ...

AMP Capital strengthens US infrastructure debt team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
... manager earlier this month with the primary responsibility of origination and execution of infrastructure debt investments in North America and will report to infrastructure debt principal Patrick Trears. Heath was previously an associate director of ...

IFM appoints two business development directors

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
IFM Investors has appointed two business development directors for the North American region. Joe Tremblay joins IFM from Talara Capital Management, where he was director of marketing. He has also held roles at Alternative Access Capital and New Stream ...

PIMCO hiring for 20 new roles in Asia expansion

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
... volatility," Mogelof said. "The private wealth base continues to grow in Asia ex-Japan with an expectation that it will surpass North America's individual wealth base in the next five years. To support our clients and this asset growth, we have been ...