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Blue Sky refunds $4.1m overcharge

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... process of rectifying related third-party fees allocated to its close-end managed funds. This excludes any impact on institutional mandates or funds that include the Strategic Australian Agriculture Fund, water fund or hedge funds, it said. The amount ...

BT Financial Group divests Ascalon

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
BT Financial Group is offloading Ascalon Capital Managers to an ASX-listed financial services firm. Westpac has entered into an agreement that will see ownership of the funds management business transition to Generation Development Group, formerly known ...

AMP Capital divests $440m from tobacco

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
AMP Capital has has completed its divestment of $440 million in tobacco manufacturing-related holdings from across all its equity and fixed income investments. This is the largest divestment tobacco securities by a fund manager in Australia, the manager ...

MSCI launches tobacco exclusion indexes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
MSCI launched a series of market capitalisation weighted indexes excluding stocks involved in tobacco production. The new suite of indexes exclude all companies classified as producers of tobacco, and also excludes companies deriving 5% or more aggregate ...

NAB, MLC face class action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
Class action proceedings have been filed against NAB and MLC for the sale of worthless consumer credit insurance. The two companies will face Slater and Gordon in Federal Court after the law firm officially filed proceedings. Slater and Gordon allege ...

Pension fund awards custody mandate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... servicing Rohan Singh said the deal affirmed the value of the firm's integrated servicing and data solutions offering to institutional investors. "We are delighted and honored to be given this opportunity to serve the National Pension Service of Korea ...

S&P Dow Jones partners with pension fund giant

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... Japanese-listed companies to adopt better carbon practice and increase data visibility." "As the large pensions and institutional investors have become increasingly aware of the need to understand, measure, and manage the environmental impacts of their ...

J.P. Morgan expands derivatives clearing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... and OTC Clearing David Stinson said: "Our investment in product development responds to the needs of our domestic institutional investor clients that can benefit from a local solution." "Clients that are trading AUD and NZD overnight index swaps and ...

BNY Mellon subsidiary to shutter

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
... Mellon Investment Management chief executive of US asset management, Des Mac Intyre said. "Retaining EACM's institutional quality manager selection and asset allocation expertise in long-only strategies will complement the existing specialist solutions ...

Family office invests in absolute return fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
A Singapore-based family office is investing $34 million in an absolute return fund run by a fintech that offers a crowdfunding loan platform for small to medium enterprises. CoAssets is headquartered in Singapore and listed on the ASX (CA8) with a ...