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BlackRock rebalance sparks record-high ETF trades on ASX

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... exposure to Australian equities and emerging market (EM) equities between 4.5% and 5%, and upped allocations to European, Japanese, and Chinese equities between 1% and 3%. While Australian bonds lost out with close to a 5% lower allocation, BlackRock ...

Japanese asset manager enters Australian market

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
... Partners (Axius). As one of Japan's largest asset management firms, SMDAM will initially offer its Global Equity and Japanese Equity Strategies to local institutional and wholesale investors. SMDAM manages assets of $235 billion, supported by more than ...

State Street expands global custody footprint

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2025
... experience for its existing and new clients in Japan. "Having deep familiarity with the requirements and expectations of Japanese institutional investors, we look forward to meeting their needs not only in global custody but also data management, risk ...

Challenger profits up, share price falls

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
... technology later this year. Hamilton also noted that the Life business maintained its momentum, with record lifetime and Japanese annuity sales contributing to total Life sales of $4.6 billion. "Our focus on longer duration sales has lengthened the tenor ...

MLC Life recruits merger specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
... company - will acquire 100% of Resolution Life Australia. The $12 billion deal - the largest ever foreign acquisition by a Japanese insurer- should be finalised in the second half of this year. Moutsatsos brings extensive experience managing large transformation ...

Frontier hires new real assets lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
... well-regarded team that already has considerable depth and talent," Newfield said. "As a bonus, Lucy is multi-lingual, including Japanese language skills, which will be useful for our Japanese business and our ongoing efforts there where there is a strong ...

Lendlease makes $235m divestment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2025
Lendlease has entered into a binding agreement with Sojitz Corporation, a diversified Japanese trading company, for the sale of Capella Capital for a consideration of $235 million. The sale adds to the $1.9 billion of announced capital recycling initiatives ...

Bitcoin returns 147%, outshines bull market

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
... equities were also rewarded with strong returns of 27.2% and 27.1% respectively. US small caps turned in 23.3%, while Japanese, UK, and emerging market equities achieved about 19% respectively. Australian equities lagged at 11.4%, sitting behind European ...

Eyes on gaming, Chinese tech in 2025: Orbis

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024
Orbis Investment is feeling good about its investment in Japanese video game giant Nintendo, believing it's about to defy its historic 'boom-bust' cycle. Speaking to Financial Standard, Orbis Investment head of clients, Australia Eric Marais ...

Lazard AM brings Japanese equities fund to Australia

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024
Lazard Asset Management has launched a Japanese equities fund to local investors. The Lazard Japanese Strategic Equity Fund invests in "undervalued" opportunities in Japanese equities, and aims to achieve a total return that exceeds that of the Tokyo ...