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Yarra completes acquisition

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
Yarra Capital Management has completed the acquisition of Nikko Asset Management's Australian business, which was announced on March 2. Yarra will soon revive Nikko AM's former name Tyndall Investment Management, which was removed in September 2014 ...

Natixis IM appoints chief executive

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2021
... advantages for Natixis and our Group," he said. The appointment follows Natixis IM's launch of a set of ESG portfolios, Active Index Advisors (AIA) Racial Equity Portfolios that identifies companies in the S&P500 that promote diversity, equity and ...

Instos seek unique alternatives

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
Australian institutional investors are actively increasing their allocations to alternatives, particularly those that deliver idiosyncratic values and opportunities. According to the inaugural Nuveen and CoreData survey, more than half (55%) of asset ...

New hybrids ETF on Chi-X

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... return over short-term interest rates over a three-year period. "We believe the hybrid market offers opportunities for active investors as it is inherently inefficient. It is dominated by retail investors who have a limited understanding of bank and ...

EG to expand Asia REIT down under

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... will assist Hong Kong-based Link REIT with asset management services to its Australian tenants and customers and take an active role in managing the approach to local acquisitions. EG's latest hire, former Challenger executive director, real estate investments ...

Dimensional to use Calastone solution

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
Dimensional Fund Advisors has signed up for Calastone's new distribution data solution. Calastone's new Wrap Reporting service will provide fund managers adviser-directed fund flow data from different platforms. The firm said it actively worked ...

DDO to simplify general, personal advice

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
The outcome of the High Court decision on general advice will have an interesting and simplifying effect on the design and distribution obligations coming into effect later this year, according to a lawyer. Speaking at a Financial Services Council (FSC) ...

Northern Trust AM's stellar year

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
... Systematic, quantitative strategies by very nature have much larger capacity [because] they hold large number of very small active positions in looking for active alpha," he said, comparing it to fundamental managers who hold big positions in fewer stocks. ...

AMP, Ares deal up in the air

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
AMP has concluded its exclusivity period with Ares Management raising uncertainty as to whether the acquisition of AMP Capital's private markets business will go ahead. As previously announced, both firms are pursuing a joint venture where Ares will ...

Super fund ups stake in renewable company

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2021
A $55 billion super fund has upped its stake into renewable energy company Powering Australian Renewables (PowAR) for an undisclosed figure. Hostplus has increased its investments in PowAR, which operates wind and solar generation. The super fund said ...