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Australian funds turning to bourgeoning Asian REITs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan and India have followed suit. China has also got in on the act with the launch of two listed funds in the last two years. The market cap breached $200 billion for the first time in 2013 and that critical mass has put it on ...

Perpetual sheds $3 billion

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
Perpetual's funds under management (FUM) have fallen almost $3 billion in the three months to 30 June. Total FUM fell from $33 billion to $30.2 billion during the period. The fund manager attributed around half the fall ($1.6 billion) to depreciating ...

Green bonds set to soar despite policy

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... here and overseas," BNP Paribas head of global markets James Hayes said. The Climate Bonds Initiative estimates that the funds sitting under green bonds will jump from the US$37 billion ($49.5 billion) issued in 2014 to US$100 billion ($133.8 billion) ...

ASIC bans auditor and adviser

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... SMSF auditing services after concluding he had "failed to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence" to ensure three funds' compliance with the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 in 2011 and 2012. Brennan also failed to lodge written audit ...

Fidante buys UK alternatives manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
Challenger's boutique funds management arm, Fidante Partners, has acquired a European alternative investments manager based in London. The buyout of Dexion Capital Holdings adds to Fidante's other UK-based managers, which include global infrastructure ...

Rice Warner highlights $1.8trn insurance gap

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
... consumer's life insurance only meets 60% of their actual needs. The report argues that, as a result, group life cover in super funds should be differentiated based on marital status and number of dependents, rather than just a member's age. Further ...

LaSalle sells interest in Sydney office building

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
... square metres extending over ground and six upper office levels. LAOF IV is the fourth in a series of successful opportunity funds launched by LaSalle for the Asia Pacific region, focused on building a diversified portfolio of assets in Australia, China ...

Strong passive flows force managers to lower fees

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
... strategies and from distributors taking revenue share from managers." In the US, the world's largest market for registered funds, the share of passive strategies rose from 15% in 2007 to 26% in 2014. Traditional active, benchmark-oriented investment ...

Northern Trust wins NZ Super mandate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
... income mandate for the $26 billion New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZ Super). The new mandate, which incorporates the super funds' environmental, social and governance exclusions, adds to the four passive global equity mandates awarded to Northern Trust ...

Australian alternatives assets top $250 billion

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
... hedge fund manager by pension fund assets under management. The survey shows that the top 10 local alternatives managers by funds under management are: Macquarie Group, Platinum Asset Management, AMP Capital, IFM Investors, Lend Lease, QIC, Colonial ...