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Underinvestment in Southeast Asia a 'big issue' for Australia

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
Speaking at the Impact Investment Summit Asia Pacific, former Macquarie Group chief executive Nicholas Moore said Australian investors should be paying more attention to investment opportunities in Southeast Asia. Moore said low awareness of the economic ...

Trump Media to launch ETFs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
... approval, they're slated to launch later this year and be widely available across platforms and brokerages in the US, Europe, and Asia. Crypto.com will support the backend technology and provide all custody for the ETFs through its US trust company ...

Impact investors need instos, governments to scale: Experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
... institutional investors and governments for it to scale and become a formidable force, the first day of the Impact Investment Summit Asia Pacific heard this morning. Rachel Halpern, the head of sustainability at JANA Investment Advisers, stressed the ...

Regal slashes holdings in Opthea over insolvency concerns

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
Regal Asian Investments (ASX:RG8) has significantly devalued its holdings in biopharmaceutical company Opthea after the latter flagged insolvency concerns amid the failure of a major clinical trial. RG8 has been forced to drop Opthea's value to ...

New impact fund backs marginalised female entrepreneurs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
... organisation Good Return has launched its second impact fund, aimed at supporting marginalised female entrepreneurs across the Asia-Pacific region. The evergreenfund is seeking to raise $10 million from Australian wholesale investors, with a minimum ...

Splintered globalisation a boon for AI, metals, EVs: PGIM

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
... and Mexico, or countries with comparative advantages in business environment or labour cost like India or Vietnam." In the Asia Pacific, Australia is a "national winner" for its broad metals and minerals. PGIM predicts that artificial intelligence and ...

Iress enhances US equity market data feed with Cboe

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... the wide range of trading venues available from QuantHouse." "Demand for Cboe One has initially come from our clients in Asia Pacific and this continues to demonstrate that our clients value choice and access to the widest range of global market data ...

Canada pension fund hires ex-CalPERS CIO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... manages around US$486 billion of assets, recruited Meng from Franklin Templeton. At Franklin Templeton, Meng was chair of the Asia Pacific region, executive sponsor of sustainability, head of global private equity and led the China business. Meng joined ...

CFS awards fixed income mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... investment team is led by Man Numeric co-portfolio managers and heads of fixed income Paul Kamenski and Rob Lam. Man Group head of Asia Pacific Hersh Gandhi said there has been increased investor interest in systematic approaches to fixed income, particularly ...

FNZ wins mandate, names APAC head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025
FNZ has been handed a mandate by a $56 billion industry super fund, while also welcoming a Sydney-based head of Asia Pacific. The wealth technology platform has been selected by CareSuper to take over as its direct investment option (DIO) provider ...