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Franklin Templeton folds Martin Currie into affiliates

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
... values. Both groups share a clear commitment to sustainability and a shared vision of driving positive change in public equities through active ownership," Franklin Templeton said. California-based Franklin Templeton currently has more than $2.4 trillion ...

GIC's investment chief to step down

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
... invited to head up GIC's investment activities in Europe. He became president of public markets and director of public equities in 2013 and deputy group chief investment officer in 2016. Jaensubhakj is credited with diversifying GIC's investments ...

Funds are 'getting back to basics', says report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2024
... holdings, which the report said reflects a growing appetite for risk. More than 40% intend to increase allocations to public equities, while just 8% plan to boost government bond holdings, and none aim to raise corporate bond allocations in the next ...

Family offices choose private credit: Survey

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
... longer-term horizon." On the other end of the spectrum, chief investment officers said intend to liquidate cash and public equities to fund these new positions. By country, they suggested increasing allocations to Japan, Korea, and India at the expense ...

REITs primed for investor cash amid uncertainty

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
... investment officer Todd Jablonski said the discount for earnings multiple is at its historical low when compared to public equities. In the past, such significant discounts have indicated a long period of strong performance relative to equities in the ...

Macro environment trumps inflation for asset owners: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023
... 10-year strategy - which is double the share from last year. Consequently, funds are moving into infrastructure and public equities and cutting back on government bonds and real estate. Some are upping stakes in emerging markets, with India preferred ...

Australian Ethical adds to leadership team

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2023
... Australian Ethical said Theau has experience in multiple asset classes including infrastructure, structured debt, public equities, private markets, and private equity venture capital. "Ludo's extensive international experience and depth of knowledge ...

ESG impacts on US pension funds tested

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2023
... Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick announcing that the Missouri State Employees' Retirement System (MOSERS) has sold all public equities managed by BlackRock. In June 2022, the MOSERS Board of Trustees directed staff to require BlackRock to abstain from ...

Goldman Sachs charged over ESG failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick announcing that the Missouri State Employees' Retirement System (MOSERS) has sold all public equities managed by BlackRock. In June, the MOSERS board of trustees directed staff to require BlackRock to abstain from voting ...

BlackRock expands proxy voting to retail investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2022
... Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick announced that the Missouri State Employees' Retirement System (MOSERS) sold all public equities managed by BlackRock, due to concerns about its record of prioritising ESG initiatives over shareholder return. Nevertheless ...