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NAFTA's dead, welcome USMCA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
"We're going to win so much, you're going to be so sick and tired of winning." US President Donald Trump can add the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in his tally of 'wins' after the United States and Canada struck a last ...

Australia behind when it comes to pay transparency: AXA IM

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018
... remuneration accounted for 68% of its votes against management in Australia, outstripping the Eurozone, Asia Pacific and North America. Global attention has moved away from solely focusing on aligning executive rewards with share price performance to ...

Pengana flags private equity LIT launch

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2018
... assets under management. This includes US$5.23 trillion in private capital and US $3.58tn in hedge fund assets. North America and Europe-focused private capital funds hold the largest share of the private capital market and posted the strongest returns ...

Women missing from C-suite lineups

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... who participated in the development of the report. Others included Wells Fargo's Beverly Anderson, MUFG Union Bank North America's Ranjana Clark, Nuveen Advisory Services Margo Cook, Western Union's Sheri Rhodes and Jacqueline Molnar.

IFM Investors return fees to investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2018
... new investment capabilities." IFM Investors is owned by 27 major pension funds, with investment teams in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia that manage institutional strategies across infrastructure (equity and debt), debt investments, listed ...

Boutique manager to launch LIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
... The LIC has a global mandate and will initially look to invest in Australia, the wider Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America. It will invest across the natural resources value chain ranging from exploration and feasibility operations, mining projects ...

LIT serves up junk bonds to SMSFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
... years in the market, we have had [only] one default." Rising rates About 60% of the portfolio's holdings are in North America - in line with the size of the global high-yield bond market. Bommi expects the Fed to raise rates two to three times in ...

NRMA chair links with asset manager

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018
The chairman of NRMA has been appointed to the board of a $25 billion international equities manager. Platinum Asset Management is welcoming Tim Trumper to its board, with the NRMA chairman set to begin his tenure as a non-executive director at Platinum ...

Custodian strengthens front-office with $3.5 billion acquisition

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
... Charles River Development is a privately held company headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts with offices in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Its primary focus is providing solutions that automate front and middle-office investment management ...

Infrastructure manager turns up the heat

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
... as long-term stable cash flows and a focus on sustainability. Whitehelm head of infrastructure equity Europe and North America, Matteo Andreoletti, said district heating was an attractive market for the infrastructure manager. "Given the importance of ...