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Lendlease awarded Malaysian pension fund mandate

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2025
... Place in Sydney, on behalf of existing capital partner National Pension Service of Korea, and the introduction of two new Japanese investment partners, Sotetsu Urban Creates and Yasuda Real Estate, into the Lendlease Moorfields Investment Partnership ...

TelstraSuper Balanced option makes 9.3%

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2025
... 3.8% on a currency hedged basis and 2.5% in AUD unhedged terms. The best-performing major foreign equity market was the Japanese Nikkei 225 returning 6.8% while the worst performing was the Euro Stoxx 50 which returned -1.1% (in local currency terms). ...

Australia progresses climate transition disclosures, planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
... implicit fossil-fuel subsidies. Data suggests that they can slow the transition to a lower-carbon economy. For example, the Japanese government has offered gasoline subsidies since 2020. While these subsidies are intended to ease inflationary pressures ...

Global stock markets rally, but Trump's next post could flip the script

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... nearly 19% from February highs in April. Meanwhile, Australian shares increased nearly 4%, European markets advanced 4%, Japanese shares lifted 5%, and Chinese shares edged up 2%. While some sectors outperformed others, Colosimo said the gains were "broad-based." ...

Dai-ichi Life acquires 15% of M&G

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
... further capitalise on the significant private market opportunities across Europe and enable even greater access to the Japanese and Asian market where we will benefit from Dai-ichi Life Holdings market-leading expertise."

The top-performing (and worst) asset classes of the past year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... benefited from increased investment in AI, cloud computing, and digital transformation, was also significant, he noted. Japanese equities also "performed robustly," aided by corporate governance improvements and the shift from a deflationary to an inflationary ...

Frontier Advisors lands major mandate from asset management giant

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
... intelligence to support its pension clients. Frontier chief executive Andrew Polson said establishing a foothold in the Japanese market, with an institution of Nissay's calibre, is a landmark achievement for the asset consultant. Polson added that ...

Challenger posts mixed Q3 FY25 result

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
... increased by 20% to $1 billion aided by the growth of both retail lifetime with $246 million (up 22%) and MS Primary Japanese annuities at $240 million (up 33%) for the quarter. Challenger said the longer duration sales will improve book quality and ...

Japan's first digital investment platform for private assets goes live

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2025
... kind" online platform to exclusively offer private equity, private credit, and other private asset investment funds to Japanese high-net-worth investors. The launch, announced yesterday, which Keyaki Capital said marks an important step in expanding ...

Lakehouse Capital lists first fund on ASX

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025
... across Latin America," he believes the company's best days are still ahead. Other prominent holdings in the fund include Japanese cloud-based software company Sansan, Dutch payments firm Adyen, and Sweden's top online residential property portal Hemnet ...