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Federation AM invests in Astris Advisory

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2024
Federation Asset Management has taken a stake in Japanese financial services firm Astris Advisory Japan K.K. for an undisclosed amount. The Tokyo-based advisory firm helps connect Japanese corporates with the international investment community and vice ...

Long-term optimism for APAC despite short-term hurdles

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024
... million on average, the highest since 2015, while first-time managers raised a hair over $100 million. Preqin said that Japan and India markets emerged as bright spots for investors. While most single country-specific funds struggled with fundraising ...

Platinum shutters London operations, UCITS funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2024
... closure of its Platinum World Portfolios. Platinum World Portfolios (PWP), which comprised Platinum's International, Asia ex Japan, Japan and Health Sciences strategies, were UCITS funds. "Upon the recommendation of Platinum as the fund promoter, the ...

Clearway wins distribution mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024
... Australian and New Zealand markets. The fund manager has about US$8.1 billion actively invested in countries that include Japan, China, and India. Matthews International portfolio manager Vivek Tanneeru said emerging market small companies offer potentially ...

EQT Mid-Market Growth Fund exceeds target

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024
... healthcare, and technology services sectors, leveraging EQT's presence with over 100 professionals across India, Southeast Asia, Japan, and Australia. "We have been investing in Asia for the best part of three decades and now have a fully scaled and ...

Link shareholders approve takeover

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2024
... executive officer Takafumi Ihara said The Trust Bank is one of the largest pension and stock administration providers in Japan. "We truly believe the acquisition of Link Group will further enable MUFG to accelerate its global business expansion, with ...

Dividends up but share buybacks fall: Janus Henderson

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... biggest buyers of their own shares, accounting for $1 in every $17 of the global total in 2023. Companies in Asia Pacific ex-Japan were the least likely to conduct buyback programmes, Janus Henderson said. The big year-on-year reduction (down 40%) mainly ...

Australia's budget position ranks second among G20 nations

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2024
... International Monetary Fund (IMF). Australia's budget balance was -0.9% of GDP in 2023, surpassing advanced economies like Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Treasurer Jim Chalmers and minister for finance Katy Gallagher said ...

T. Rowe Price appoints local operations chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2024
... second executive to be brought to Australia from another major market. Last December, Richard Coghlan was transferred from Japan to oversee the firm's multi-asset global investment strategies team on the ground in Australia. Yet, T. Rowe Price's ...

Foreign investors optimistic about Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
... represented in the 25 spots of the world rankings - the same representation as last year. These included Mainland China, Japan, Australia, Singapore, New Zealand, India, South Korea, and Taiwan. Several markets in the region have seen improved performance ...