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Lendlease makes $235m divestment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2025
Lendlease has entered into a binding agreement with Sojitz Corporation, a diversified Japanese trading company, for the sale of Capella Capital for a consideration of $235 million. The sale adds to the $1.9 billion of announced capital recycling initiatives ...

Fidelity picks Southeast Asia lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
... growth area for the coming years. In the role, he will report to Fidelity International managing director, Asia Pacific (Ex-Japan), Damien Mooney who recently returned to the fund after 13 years at BlackRock. Commenting on the appointment, Mooney said ...

ESG linked to pay in top APAC listed firms

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
... Europe 94%. APAC was the only region that saw an increase of 2% over the previous year. "While markets such as Australia, Japan, and Singapore continue to have high prevalence of ESG measures in executive incentives, we haven't seen significant change ...

Trump's response to global conflict adds uncertainty to private markets: IFM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025
... resilient during economic cycles due to their essential nature," Joiner said. US growth will be "slightly above trend," while Japan, the UK, and the Eurozone, are expected to be "distinctly at trend," and China is forecast to growth "slightly below its ...

Bitcoin returns 147%, outshines bull market

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
Bitcoin reaped nearly four times more in returns compared to US equities during 2024, achieving 147% and trumping all the major asset classes. According to a VanEck and Bloomberg analysis, US equities delivered 38.2% for the year while global equities ...

AI can improve super fund value chain: CFA Institute

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2024
... Pensions in the Age of Artificial Intelligence report canvassed investments and technology experts from the UK, Australia, and Japan, who work across defined benefit and defined contribution schemes. They found that the latest tools can enhance the areas ...

CapitaLand buys Wingate, expands local presence

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024
... flagging he sees "scalable private credit opportunities" in other Asia Pacific markets, including South Korea, India, and Japan. Incoming managing director for Wingate Nick Jacobson, who will oversee the business, said: "Wingate is a private credit pioneer ...

Eyes on gaming, Chinese tech in 2025: Orbis

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024
Orbis Investment is feeling good about its investment in Japanese video game giant Nintendo, believing it's about to defy its historic 'boom-bust' cycle. Speaking to Financial Standard, Orbis Investment head of clients, Australia Eric Marais ...

First Sentier makes leadership appointments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024
... and relocated from Sydney to London. Prior to this role, he served as managing director for Australia, New Zealand, and Japan, where he was responsible for business development and client service across these key markets. In his new position, FSI said ...

Top asset owners return to growth: Study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024
... owners made up 55.6% of the total AUM, with $22.63 trillion. Of this, 24.4% belongs to the top five asset owners, being Japan's Government Pension Investment, Norges Bank Investment Management, China Investment Corporation, SAFE Investment Company, and ...