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Norway's oil fund returns 16% in 2023

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
Norway's sovereign wealth fund has reversed its fortunes, clocking a 16.1% return for 2023 following the -14% it recorded the previous year. Norges Bank Investment Management reported the Government Pension Fund Global raked in a return of $322 billion ...

Schroders shutters Asian Shares Fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2024
Schroder Investment Management is terminating its Asian shares offering, citing a lack of demand. Schroders ceased accepting applications and redemptions for the Schroders Asian Shares Fund last month, saying the decision was made after careful consideration ...

Massive crypto Ponzi scheme unravels

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2024
A US court and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have slapped charges on three individuals that include an Australian citizen for allegedly perpetrating a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme known as HyperFund, raising $2.6 billion (US$1.7bn). ...

Ex-Merricks commodities guru launches hedge fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2024
After a 15-year stint at Merricks Capital, Adam Davis is launching his own global agricultural commodities hedge fund, Farrer Capital (Farrer). Based out of Melbourne, the group, named after renowned English Australian agronomist and plant breeder William ...

Tokenisation is the future: Northern Trust

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2024
While there is a range of digital innovation opportunities suited for different types of funds, Northern Trust says tokenisation is a key innovation the funds management industry must embrace. In a recent whitepaper, titled The future of funds, Northern ...

IFM offloads stake in payment software business to Autodesk

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2024
IFM Investors has reached an agreement to divest its stake in construction payment software business Payapps, previously known as Zuuse, to Autodesk. Since 2020, IFM's private equity funds has held a significant minority share of Payapps, with an initial ...

Perpetual weathers $4.3bn in outflows

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024
Perpetual experienced $4.3 billion in net outflows, but its total assets under management (AUM) rose 1% to $213.9 billion, buoyed by positive market movements, as detailed in a second quarter FY24 business update. Perpetual chief executive Rob Adams ...

Greg Combet to succeed Peter Costello as Future Fund chair

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024
Net Zero Economy Agency chair Greg Combet is set to replace Peter Costello as chair of the Future Fund, commencing mid-year. At a press conference in Canberra, treasurer Jim Chalmers said the appointment of Combet, who only recently relinquished his ...

Aware Super appoints head of public market equities

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024
Aware Super has appointed former Vanguard and BlackRock portfolio manager Agnes Hong as its new head of public market equities. Hong, who is relocating from Philadelphia to Sydney, will oversee the development of Aware Super's $90 billion public ...

500 jobs to be axed at abrdn

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024
abrdn will cut 10% of its workforce as part of a cost cutting exercise following significant outflows in the second half of 2023. The fund manager is targeting a cost reduction of $290 million (£150m) by the end of 2025 to restore its investments division ...