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Global equity, AREIT managers biggest underperformers: S&P Dow Jones

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2024
... results echo the world stage in S&P's latest SPIVA Scorecard where most global equity funds domiciled in the US, Europe, Japan, and Canada underperformed the S&P World Index at rates falling between 70% and 85%. Vanguard chief investment officer ...

Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
... Philippines, the US demarcates nine naval bases and airfields, a New York Times analysis shows. It has 10 launchpads in Japan and seven in South Korea, and last year formalised a new security agreement with Papua New Guinea. The US government's spend ...

Citi Australia snags J.P. Morgan executive

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
... matters in corporate banking. She will report to Citi Australia and New Zealand chief executive Mark Woodruff and head of Japan, Asia North and Australia cluster and banking risk Ashish Sethi in her new role. She is based in Citi's Sydney office. "I ...

Ares buys GCP International in $5.5bn deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
... itself over time through its vertically integrated platforms with significant local presence in major geographies, including Japan, Europe, and the US. It has established itself as one of the leading industrial platforms in emerging economies, such as ...

'Challenging period' for active managers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
... managers across developed equity markets," the report said. "A majority of global equity funds domiciled in the US, Europe, Japan, Canada and Australia underperformed the S&P World Index, with underperformance rates all falling within the range of 70%-85%." ...

Betashares launches defence ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024
... countries. "ARMR only holds global companies headquartered in NATO member and major NATO-ally countries, such as Australia, Japan, and South Korea," he said. The MSCI World Aerospace and Defense Index, which comprises large- and mid-cap stocks from 23 ...

Magellan makes internal PM moves

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2024
... Pullen spent seven years as an analyst and portfolio manager at Maple-Brown Abbott, primarily covering financials in Asia ex-Japan. He also worked as an economist at the Reserve Bank of Australia for six years. Thomas is the co-portfolio manager for ...

Muzinich & Co. partners to launch infrastructure debt strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2024
... and capital solutions for middle-market infrastructure and real asset companies across Australia, Singapore, South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, the UK, and Canada. It can also invest in deals in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and European Union countries ...

Lazard AM brings Japanese equities fund to Australia

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024
Lazard Asset Management has launched a Japanese equities fund to local investors. The Lazard Japanese Strategic Equity Fund invests in "undervalued" opportunities in Japanese equities, and aims to achieve a total return that exceeds that of the Tokyo ...

Aussie super funds climb ranks, government funds slide

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2024
Seventeen of Australia's superannuation and pension funds now rank in the top 300 worldwide by assets, including one new entrant. However, it's not all good news for the government funds that made the cut. That's according to the latest ...