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Hollywood actors lobby pension fund to dump fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
... Oil campaign. The campaign asks the US$5 billion ($7.7bn) SAG-Producers Pension Plan to phase out its coal, oil and gas holdings. It notes that while many public and private pension funds the world over have committed to divestment, just 0.2% of current ...

Australia's largest real estate fundie pulls ahead of the pack

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
... covered over 100 managers with a total AUM of US$3.8 trillion, also found that Australian asset managers' real estate holdings stood at $330 billion in 2024. This was an 18.1% increase from the $279 billion recorded in 2023. "It is encouraging to see ...

Equity Trustees rapped over the knuckles by ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
Equity Trustees was fined nearly $60,000 by the regulator for making misleading statements about the holdings of a sustainable bond fund. Equity Trustees agreed to pay three infringement notices totalling $56,340 over allegations it made misleading ...

ASX offloads interest in Digital Asset

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has sold its shareholding in Digital Asset Holdings, the firm it partnered with in 2016 to build the doomed CHESS replacement. The sale price is approximately $57 million, with a pre-tax gain of about $42 million ...

King's honours list recognises excellence in super, finance

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... of UBS Investment Bank, Australia between 1996 and 2002. Rebecca McGrath was most recently chair of Investa Management Holdings and is currently a non-executive director at Macquarie Group. Receiving the Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in recognition ...

Private credit market has lenders sweating

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
... key concern in the private credit market with many private credit funds do not provide detailed information about their holdings, often because of client confidentiality, making it harder for investors to assess risks and returns. "Private credit represents ...

LGT Crestone, AUSIEX acquisitions finalised

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
AUSIEX has finalised its acquisition of FIIG Holdings, while LGT Crestone's takeover of Commonwealth Bank of Australia's (CBA) private wealth business has completed. AUSIEX, which is a subsidiary of Nomura Research Institute (NRI), has now expanded ...

Dai-ichi Life acquires 15% of M&G

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
... in Europe and Japan. The partnership will also allow them to explore co-investing in new opportunities. "Dai-ichi Life Holdings is delighted to enter into a strategic alliance with M&G, a highly regarded global player in the insurance and asset management ...

Australian Unity offloads property fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... involve any changes to PIF's investment strategy, daily liquidity mechanism, distribution frequency or investor unit holdings because of the change in ownership of the responsible entity. As part of the transaction, PIF fund manager Damian Diamantopoulos ...

Future Fund bags a piece of Transgrid

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
... of infrastructure Peter McCosker, meanwhile, said the investment, which is "a valuable addition" to its infrastructure holdings, will diversify the portfolio. Samild said it also reflects consideration of the opportunities in the energy transition. "The ...