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Natixis, Generali merger creates $3.2tn fund manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
... €1.9 trillion ($3.2tn) in assets under management (AUM). The Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Natixis' owner BPCE and GIH's parent company Generali, a major Italian insurer, in which the latter will commit €15 billion ($25bn) ...

Ethical investment holdings double: CoreData

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
The number of high-net-worth (HNW), core affluent, and mass affluent investors holding ethical and sustainable investments has roughly doubled over the past year, according CoreData. The CoreData research obtained by Financial Standard seeks to capture ...

Iress sells superannuation business

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025
... opportunities within its wealth business to continue delivering software to superannuation funds, it would cease being the owner of a regulated superannuation services provider. The transaction is structured to release $40 million in cash consideration ...

Macquarie AM splashes billions on Applied Digital Corporation

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
... which address the most demanding AI and other HPC applications at scale," Moldan said. "With our global experience as an owner and manager of data-centre platforms, we see this as highly attractive opportunity to help build an industry-leading HPC data-centre ...

Family offices turn to start-ups, M&As: PwC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025
Family offices have increasingly shunned real estate in favour of direct company investments over the last decade, a new report from PwC reveals. The annual study found family offices' appetite for companies that are start-ups, and merger and acquisition ...

Managed funds industry winners and losers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are still winning the contest for net flows against unit trusts, according to Rainmaker Information's 2024: The year in wealth management webinar. ETFs attracted around $2 billion in net inflows a month last year whereas ...

HPI rethinks Hostplus, Charter Hall takeover

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 DEC 2024
After slamming the takeover offer from Hostplus and Charter Hall for several weeks, Hotel Property Investments (HPI) is now asking unitholders to accept the $3.785 per share bid. HPI's about-face announced last Friday is based on two recent developments. ...

Grant Hackett named chief executive of Generation Development Group

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
Generation Development Group has appointed Grant Hackett as chief executive, while a new leader takes charge at Generation Life. Hackett, who will begin in his new role on 1 January 2025, has for the past five years served as Generation Life chief executive. ...

ISPT joins IFM: Names new leaders

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
Top property executives Chris Chapple and Darren Steinberg will take on new leadership roles at Industry fund-backed asset manager IFM Investors following its recent deal with real estate funds manager ISPT. ISPT chief executive Chris Chapple has been ...

Sue Brake joins NZ Super, Lisa Gray departs VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
Two of Australia's former top executives at the forefront of change have become highly influential figures on sovereign wealth fund boards. Sue Brake, former Future Fund investment chief and adviser to Singapore's central bank has chosen a second ...