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KKR acquires real estate manager

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022
KKR will acquire one of the largest real estate managers in Japan, after signing a deal with Mitsubishi and UBS. KKR is acquiring all the outstanding shares of Mitsubishi Corp.-UBS Realty (MC-UBSR) from Mitsubishi and UBS Asset Management in an all-cash ...

Macquarie AM goes after US HNWs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2022
Macquarie Asset Management has acquired Central Park Group, a US-based independent investment advisory firm. Central Park Group specialises in institutional-quality alternative investment strategies for high-net-worth investors. The company provides ...

ASIC to strengthen market integrity rules

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2022
ASIC is introducing changes to its market integrity rules in a bid to evade further technological glitches. As of 10 March 2023, financial markets and participants can broadly expect changes to technological and operational rules across information ...

BTIG opens new office, hires leads

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
BTIG is expanding in Australia with a new Melbourne office, recruiting two managing directors from AustralianSuper and VFMC to head it up. The new office marks BTIG's second in Australia and 20 th worldwide, with the investment manager saying it will ...

Biden signs executive order on digital assets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order on ensuring the responsible development of digital assets, in a move that has seen the price of Bitcoin jump. Signed overnight, the executive order outlines the first whole-of-government strategy ...

New deputy chief at First Sentier

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
First Sentier Investors named a new deputy chief executive who will take on the Sydney-based role. Yoshiki Ueno will work alongside First Sentier chief executive Mark Steinberg, relocating from New York where he is currently the fund manager's head ...

Robeco introduces new indices

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2022
Robeco has introduced new low carbon indices rooted in the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Similar to Robeco's existing Multi-Factor Index range, the SDG Low-Carbon Indices are available for seven regions: Global AC, Global DM, Emerging Markets ...

Mason Stevens builds on distribution capabilities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2022
Mason Stevens has appointed a new sales director for NSW and ACT, hiring from HUB24. Ben Lemmon has joined the platform provider in the role, based in Sydney. In the new role he is responsible for managing client relationships and sourcing new business ...

Proxy advice reforms defeated

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
The Senate has overturned proxy advice reforms announced at the end of last year, three days after the new regime had begun. On a vote of 29 votes to 25, the Senate disallowed the new regulations that were announced by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg in December ...

Link REIT, Oxford ink $2.3bn office portfolio deal

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
Hong Kong-based Link Asset Management has announced a joint venture with Oxford Properties Group in the Investa Gateway Office (IGO) venture, which consists of a prime office portfolio worth over $2.3 billion. Link will own a 49.9% stake, while Oxford ...