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US investment giant buys La Trobe Financial

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017
Melbourne-based La Trobe Financial, one of the largest non-bank lenders in the country, struck a landmark deal with New York-based private equity giant Blackstone. In a deal announced this morning, Blackstone has taken an 80% stake in the privately-owned ...

Finding economic winners in an unpredictable world

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
... at analysts, Tinker noted that many of the predictions made in 2016, including the collapse of China, the downturn of the RMB, oil, western equities, and commodity prices were wrong. "We didn't talk about the potential changes which might come with political ...

Man GLG completes EM debt team

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016
Man Group's discretionary investment management subsidiary, Man GLG, has completed its recently established emerging market debt team with the appointment of five senior investment professionals. Based in New York and London the team will work with ...

La Trobe Financial prices $250m RMBS Issue

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
Credit specialist La Trobe Financial has priced its third issue of Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS). The issue, which includes several tranches of the investment grade debt, totals $250 million. "We are very pleased with the support for ...

CalPERS and Moody's settle for $130 million

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016
The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has settled with Moody's for a record US$130 million for its erroneous ratings of structured investment vehicles prior to the Global Financial Crisis. The lawsuit tops CalPERS' US$125 million ...

Custodian appoints new APAC head

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016
... to us to help them adapt to the region' s changing market landscape, which is being transformed by initiatives such as the RMB internationalisation, pension fund reforms and the various cross border fund passports. We see plenty more opportunities in ...

La Trobe makes swathe of new hires

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
Credit specialist La Trobe Financial has appointed 25 new staff and expanded to a second floor at its Collins Street headquarters in Melbourne. Fourteen of the 25 new hires, are experienced senior credit analysts and their appointments grow the company's ...

China syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015

QIC asks government to step up, break toxic cycle

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... currencies by 5%, while it would appreciate by 5% against the Renminbi. Terms of trade would fall 10%, which, along with the RMB appreciation, would "kill your exports," Peter said. "The drop in profitability would hit public finances. Government revenue ...

Vanguard first to offer A-shares through ETF

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (RQFII) licence. Comegys said the company has been given a preliminary quota of RMB 10 billion, the largest initial quota ever granted. With the world's second-largest GDP, China accounts for 20% of global ...