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Sovereign investors keen on gold, infrastructure

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... 80% of the central banks increasing gold allocations are doing so via USD assets, significantly more than those in EUR and GBP. "This highlights a major problem faced by central banks. How can they diversify away from USD without sacrificing liquidity ...

HSBC hit with $2.3bn suit over Disney investments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
Banking giant HSBC is facing a $2.3 billion (GBP 1.3 billion) law suit over investments in Disney films allegedly promoted by its private bank in the UK. The Eclipse Film Partnerships were a series of film financing schemes conceived by HSBC and promoted ...

Sovereign investors go back to fixed income

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... 27% saying they will increase allocations to it over the next 12 months, which Invesco expects to be taken from USD, EUR and GBP. Nearly one third of sovereign investors decreased allocations to Europe in 2018 and a similar number are planning further ...

Investec closes robo-advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
Investec's international robo-advice offering, Click & Invest, has been shuttered just two years after it was launched. Citing low appetite for the service, Investec said "the market itself is growing at a much slower rate than expected." Investec focusing ...

WTW launches ESG index strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2018
Willis Towers Watson has developed a new strategy which integrates ESG factors in the investment process with the help of a major index provider. WTW teamed up with MSCI to establish the Adaptive Capped ESG Universal Index. The strategy offers equity ...

Australia should consider Islamic finance to bridge infrastructure gap

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
... in 2014 became the first Western country to issue an Islamic bond, otherwise known as a sukuk. This five-year sukuk raised GBP£200 million and was 10 times oversubscribed, with investor demand exceeding GBP£2.3 billion. "The Australian Government is ...

Crowdfunding investment opportunity unleashed

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2018
Small and medium enterprises will finally be able to raise funds from the general public in exchange for equity following the regulators issuance of the first batch of crowdfunding intermediary licences. Yesterday ASIC granted licenses to seven platforms ...

K2 hurt by Brexit call

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... positions as, in local currency terms, financials were down 6.1% in June. The sharp rise in the Australian dollar versus the GBP of 13% in June also had an impact on K2's performance. Neal said K2 expected the US Federal Reserve to lift its official ...

Corporate bond issue closes at $35m oversubscribed

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... yield to maturity, running yield and institutional market price on over 200 AUD Fixed Rate, AUD Floating Rate, USD, EUR and GBP denominated bonds. Prices will be based on the observation of institutional market mid-point values, which determined from ...

UBS creates APAC real estate role

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... business is one of the largest real estate managers in the world, actively managing real estate investments, worth approximately GBP 42.7 billion in Asia, Europe and the US and across the major real estate sectors.