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TAL takes 15% stake in Challenger

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025
MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings has sold its entire 15.1% stake in Challenger to TAL. TAL, together with its parent company Dai-ichi Life Holdings, acquired the minority interest at $8.46 per share - marking a 53% premium to Challenger's closing ...

Pella Global Generations Fund launches in NZ

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... while the benchmark turned in 11.4% p.a. AIA Group, Arthur J Gallagher, 3i Group and HK Exchange are some of its top holdings. The Global Generations Fund was spun off into the Pella Global Securities Sustainable Fund, a UCITs product domiciled in Luxembourg ...

Hearts & Minds revalues position amid Opthea fallout

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
... holding in Opthea following its failed clinical trials. Yesterday, Regal announced it had significantly devalued its holdings in the biopharmaceutical company after it flagged the potential of insolvency following a failed trial. Opthea is focused on ...

Regal slashes holdings in Opthea over insolvency concerns

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
Regal Asian Investments (ASX:RG8) has significantly devalued its holdings in biopharmaceutical company Opthea after the latter flagged insolvency concerns amid the failure of a major clinical trial. RG8 has been forced to drop Opthea's value to ...

SQM places private credit sector on watch

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... frequency" a lack of transparency on who borrowers are and around group financials; questionable categorisation of asset holdings; highly leveraged balance sheets; overall inadequate disclosures; elevated loan to value ratios (LVRs); and vertical and ...

Study finds 5000 European ESG funds investing in fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... sustainability, the EU should step up to the plate and strengthen this future-oriented sector." The research analysed the holdings of 13,507 actively managed funds and 784 ETFs and does not include investments in Microsoft, which is currently building ...

BlackRock rebalance sparks record-high ETF trades on ASX

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... in new money flowed into the market. Furthermore, BlackRock flagged it will double down on diversifying fixed income holdings and even gold. "More favourable capital market assumptions lead us to add Australian credit as a new exposure and modestly increase ...

Korean pension fund takes $50m stake in Metrics

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
... Pension Service (NPS) of Korea - the worlds third largest pension fund - has acquired a 4.17% stake in Metrics Credit Holdings for $50 million. This comes seven years after Pinnacle Investment Management paid $46 million for a 35% equity interest back ...

HNW clients demand more non-custody assets: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
... to alternatives, while 49% value the ability to deliver total wealth solutions that integrate custody and non-custody holdings seamlessly," the report said. There are still, however, several challenges advisers face when incorporating non-custodial assets. ...

ETF market dips but bright spots emerge

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
... and 10.92% increase in the number of advised accounts trading domestic fixed income ETFs. AUSIEX also found that the holdings in domestic fixed income ETFs were close to 60% higher at the end of January, compared to the previous corresponding period ...