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GAM partners with Liberty Street

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2022

... strong long-term performance potential, while their historical downside resilience and lower volatility compared to public equities also makes this asset class attractive for portfolio diversification." Liberty Street managing director Kevin Moss added ...

Pension scheme, UBS divest energy companies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | TUESDAY, 21 DEC 2021

... change action, the scheme is introducing a new carbon reduction target, aiming to reduce carbon emissions by 30% in public equities and fixed income by 2025. Its 2019 portfolio is the baseline. "COP26 showed the need for immediate action. The prospect ...

Regnan launches global equity impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS | FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020

... cities and communities. The fund measures the additionality of the impact - the key metric for defining impact in public equities - by looking at the growth and scaling up of the company's particular goods and services and how they meet the targets ...

UNSW to ditch fossil fuels

ELIZA BAVIN | THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020

... in fossil fuels. The University said it will divest from direct ownership and any commingled funds that include public equities and corporate bonds of companies whose primary business is the ownership and exploitation of fossil fuels reserves by 2025. ...

Private markets attractive for global institutions: BlackRock

HARRISON WORLEY | TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019

... investable assets - shows more than half of the 230 institutional clients surveyed intend to reduce their allocation to public equities in the coming year. In terms of client numbers, it's an increase of 16 percentage points year-on-year. BlackRock global ...

Sovereign wealth fund growth steady

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017

... were incepted in the last six years, and only 26% of all funds have exposure to traditional asset classes like public equities and fixed income. Sovereign funds are increasingly investing in alternatives, with the report showing 61% investing in private ...

Insurers upping risk to combat low yields

MARK SMITH | THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014

... alternative capital providers. "Insurers remain focused on the search for return, but view corporate bonds and public equities as either overvalued or fairly valued. This is driving CIOs to explore non-traditional asset classes that can offer higher ...

DEXUS, Canada bid for Commonwealth Prop Fund

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013

... office. CPPIB currently has C$5.8 billion invested in Australian assets, including real estate, infrastructure, public equities and private equity at June 30, 2013. Three fifths of that is invested in real estate. If the deal goes through, DEXUS and ...

Mystery surrounds sovereign fund billions

ALISON BEVEGE | TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011

... to $3.98 trillion in 2011. In 2011 more sovereign wealth funds invested in all asset classes tabled including public equities, debt instruments, private equity, real estate, infrastructure and hedge funds, it was reported. Public equities was the most ...

FMs predict comeback by 2012

MICHAEL HOBBS | WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009

... historical average but lower then levels seen last year. Over the next five years, fund managers are bullish on public equities, investment grade bonds, high yield bonds and the emerging markets, the survey found. They are, however, bearish on hedge ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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