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Brookfield, GIC seal $4bn National Storage REIT acquisition

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... has unanimously recommended shareholders vote in favour of the acquisition, which is expected to be implemented in the second quarter of 2026, pending shareholder and regulatory approval. The meeting at which the NSR shareholders will vote on the transaction ...

Australia's 'Super 6' embrace total portfolio approach: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
... top 100 ranking. The biggest asset owner was Norway's Norges Bank Investment Management with US$1.7 trillion in assets. Second place was Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund with US$1.6 trillion, followed by China's SAFE Investment Company with ...

UBS, RQI deliver for EM investors: Rainmaker

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
... Equity Fund was the top performer with 36.8% p.a. The RQI Investors Emerging Markets Fund - Class A's 28.4% p.a. came in second place, while the ClearBridge Emerging Markets Fund - Class A returned 27.8% p.a. Over a three-year period, the MFS Emerging ...

Preparing earlier boosts average super balance by over $250k: Brighter Super

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
... was reflected in an MFS Investment Management report this week. Personal financial advice is their top request for the second year in a row for retirees, it said. However, despite improving results, retirement confidence remains below historical highs ...

Women in Super announces new board line-up

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
... leadership at the ACTU and roles advising federal ministers across the attorney-general, health and families portfolios. The second new director is Michelle Ingram, who brings 25 years of banking experience across business banking, private banking, and ...

Life insurers to up external fund manager mandates: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
... managers and acceptance of using them improving" were the top reasons why they would contract out an investment function. The second reason was because external managers are able to provide "greater transparency and reporting". Executives said greater ...

First Sentier adds second active ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
First Sentier Investors is listing its second ETF on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), leveraging its ex-20 Australian share strategy. The First Sentier ex-20 Australian Share Fund Active ETF (ASX: XX20) provides investors long-term returns ...

FEATURE | Agriculture: Golden soil

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
... value because they're not overly productive. Tasmania, Stewart says, has places that sell for $30,000 per hectare. The second return driver is operational performance. To have a viable dairy farm, Stewart calculates the starting purchase price to ...

CalSTRS secures US$190m settlement against Meta

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2025
... see the defendant directors pay US$190 million directly back to the company to the benefit of shareholders. It marks the second-largest settlement of a derivative action in the Delaware Court of Chancery's history in a case of this nature, the pension ...

Two financial services directors fined $15k over reporting failures

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2025
... one offence was failure to lodge profit and loss statements and balance sheets (together, financial statements), with the second offence being the failure to lodge auditors' reports. ASIC had alleged that both directors failed to take steps to ensure ...