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Prince urges funds to join sustainability initiative

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
Addressing the annual Conference of Major Superannuation Funds, the Prince of Wales has asked Australia's super funds to get involved in his Sustainable Markets Initiative. The Prince used his appearance to discuss the latest work from his Sustainable ...

Will Janus Henderson and Invesco merge?

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... bought 9.9% stakes each in Janus Henderson Group and Invesco, sparking speculation of a potential merger in the latter two. Trian Funds Management revealed the positions in SEC 13D filings on Friday and first reported by Wall Street Journal. The firm ...

Franklin Templeton to acquire Legg Mason

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... shy of 7%. Legg Mason has struggled in recent years due to the rise of passive investing. The transaction was supported by Trian Fund Management which collectively owns about four million shares or 4.5% of the outstanding stock of Legg Mason. Last year ...

Super funds embrace crowdsourced cybersecurity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
Two of Australia's biggest industry superannuation funds have backed a San Francisco-based crowdsourced cybersecurity startup, taking part in a $33 million capital raise. Hostplus and First State Super have invested in Bugcrowd, a security platform ...

LGIAsuper bolsters infrastructure investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
LGIAsuper is ramping up its stake in infrastructure investments, adding a regional port to its portfolio. LGIAsuper increased its interest in the Port of Portland to 31%, a deep-water facility located between Melbourne and Adelaide. One of its investment ...

Prime Super launches new brand

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
Prime Super has re-launched its brand with a new logo and tagline. The move follows a merger with the Health Industry Plan in 2014. The $3 billion industry super fund's new tagline is "surprisingly straightforward" and the old logo featuring green rolling ...

US golden opportunity for listed infrastructure

ALEX BURKE, LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
The US infrastructure crisis is creating significant opportunities for investment, with two players in the Australian market racing to list global infrastructure funds on the ASX. Speaking at the AMP Capital infrastructure roundtable in Sydney, head ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... per cent after a shareholder vote defeated an attempt to shake up the chemicals giant by activist investor Nelson Peltz's Trian Fund Management. Shareholders rejected all four Trian board nominees, including Peltz. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets ...

Finance minister seeks interest from property investors

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
The government is seeking interest from potential property investors in six Commonwealth properties in Canberra as part of its property divestment program, Minister for Finance Mathias Cormann and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
... equities gave back some of their gains in the last half hour of trade. The Dow was also lifted by a call from activist investor Trian Partners to break up chemical and agricultural seed company DuPont into two companies. DuPont finished 5.2 per cent ...