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Brookfield acquires 62% of Oaktree Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
... Class A unitholders. Oaktree co-founder Howard Marks visited Sydney in late Octobe r. At the time, he said the current bull market was in a late stage but it could still go "up, sideways or down." He said while optimistic investors have pushed up asset ...

Allianz Retire+ launches flagship product

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
... Allianz Retire+ has officially launched. Allianz Retire+ Future Safe provides customers the option to choose fixed rate, market-linked investments and protection options to suit their retirement needs. Future Safe is a seven-year investment product issued ...

HNW advice firm backs AfterPay rival

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
... PayRight structure and fund their lofty but measured growth plans in the Australian 'considered purchase' payment plan market." "We have a number of UHNW clients who are looking to invest in this alternative lending space (both debt and equity), and ...

Putting a price tag on clean investing

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... Linnenluecke, who leads Macquarie University's Centre for Corporate Sustainability and Environmental Finance, says market forces will drive the clean-energy momentum with investors, asset managers and representatives from pension funds motivated by the ...

Deputy CIO promotion at industry fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... Greg working alongside me and look forward to having more time to consider capital markets and the role of geopolitical forces against a rage of possible scenarios that may impact the fund's long-term investment horizon," said Sicilia.

Are ETFs really the next smartphones?

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... European version and it has grown 300% since inception to US$135 million ($189m). He hinted this evolution is also driven by market demand. More than 56% of assets in mutual funds are in fixed income, but only 15% of ETF assets are in the asset class. ...

BlackRock outlines ETF plans for Australia

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... managed accounts. "We are not going to go down that track [of actively managed ETFs] at the moment because of the single market-maker model and we strongly advocate for a multiple market-maker model where your ETFs are put into a competition to trade," ...

Diversity a material economic indicator: AXA IM

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... predictive measure of a company's ability to withstand competitive forces and therefore a 'must-have' in the face of intense market competition," McDonald said. According to AXA IM, about 60% of its total assets under management - around $714 billion ...

Philanthropic forces shift asset allocation

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... yesterday, JBWere Philanthropic Services senior consultant John McLeod said over the last 20 years the general public or mass market has weakened its overall share of the philanthropy sector - from 60% to 40%. This said, the size of Australia's philanthropy ...

HUB24 lifts targets

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
... confident in HUB24's future growth and are now lifting our targets to achieve FUA levels, assuming consistent investment market returns and net inflow growth trends," it said in a statement. "This aspiration for HUB24's three-year growth is an uplift ...