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Platinum sells $24m Asia stake

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2017
... "In our view, Asia's attractions for investors remain as strong as ever," Platinum said. Three markets - China, Korea and India - were highlighted as performance drivers over 2017, and the industry sectors which delivered positive contributions were ...

Link adds DB super fund to admin portfolio

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2017
Superannuation administration giant Link Group will migrate a defined benefit fund to its aaspire platform in the New Year and the timely client win comes as other funds finalise admin tenders. Joining Link from next year will be defined benefit (DB) ...

Fixed income specialist wins mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2017
Alpha Fund Managers has awarded a mandate to a specialist equity and fixed income boutique investment manager. Premium China Funds Management's Premium Asia Income Fund was selected for its ability to manage emerging market debt sector exposure and ...

All up and all together now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2017
There's no denying that growth in most major economies stepped up in the third quarter of this year but if current indications are on the ball, the fourth quarter will be better. Year-on-year GDP growth rates in the US, the Eurozone, Japan, the UK and ...

Aussie multi-manager awards global growth mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
An Australian boutique specialising in multi-manager funds has made a cornerstone investment in a Florida-based manager of growth equity strategies. Alpha Fund Managers, the multi-manager subsidiary of Infocus Wealth Management, has invested in DSM ...

Pension fund consortium acquires renewable energy portfolio

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2017
Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) and a consortium of investment managers will acquire a renewable energy portfolio from an infrastructure fund manager and large developer with operations in Australia. The Global Infrastructure Partners III fund ...

Alpha FM awards Indian equities mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
... which currently invests in 51 listed Indian companies that match local consumption trends. It aims to outperform the MSCI India (AUD) Index over rolling five-year periods. Alpha portfolio manager Julien Brodie said his firm "wanted to gain direct exposure ...

India's upside risks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... August 2016 to head off the potential negative fall-out from Brexit win of June of the same year - the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) did the same in August this year in order to cushion any adverse impact of the goods and services tax implemented on 1 ...

Platinum LIC reaps Asia rewards

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2017
... "In our view, Asia's attractions for investors remain as strong as ever," Platinum said. Three markets - China, Korea and India - were highlighted as performance drivers over 2017, and the industry sectors which delivered positive contributions were ...

ECB disengages from currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
One thing stood out when the Reserve Banks of India (RBI), Australia (RBA) and New Zealand (RBNZ) conducted their monetary policy meetings in August, and that is... they all want a lower exchange rate (please sir). Both the RBA and the RBNZ kept interest ...