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Pzena grows local team

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2017
... and the Asia Pacific where he was responsible for establishing and developing several domestic and international institutional businesses. Prior to joining Pzena, he worked for international OTC and listed markets company GFI Group for about 15 years. ...

Super funds raise $9m for social bond

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2017
HESTA and Future Super are aiming to help South Australia's homeless via investment in a new social bond. The super funds are among the investors in Social Ventures Australia's Aspire Social Impact Bond (Aspire SIB), raising $9 million to help about ...

Folkestone winds up fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2017
ASX-listed property fund manager Folkestone is winding up one of its funds ahead of schedule, selling off its sole asset to an international property investor. The Folkestone Real Estate Income Fund sold Brisbane retail and office space, The Station ...

ANZ shuts down broking business

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2017
ANZ will decommission its ANZ Share Investing business and transition customers to a new platform headquartered in the UK. The bank signed a deal with LSE-listed CMC Markets, who will take over administration of the ANZ Share Investing platform following ...

SSGA wields power on gender equality

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
State Street Global Advisors has called for greater female representation on the boards of companies in which it invests, collectively representing more than $30 trillion in market capitalisation. SSGA said in the event a company is too slow to take ...

New social bond advocates gender equality

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
National Australia Bank is issuing a social bond that will enable institutional investors to directly invest in Australian organisations actively championing women and equality in the workplace. The NAB Social Bond (Gender Equality) is a fixed income ...

Merger creates active management behemoth

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
The recommended all-share merger of two international active investment managers will create an entity worth more than $1 trillion in assets. Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management have agreed to the terms of the merger, whereby Aberdeen and Standard ...

We have made mistakes: CBA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
Commonwealth Bank of Australia's chief executive Ian Narev told a parliamentary inquiry this morning the bank made mistakes and still has a lot of work to do. On day two of the major banks review, Narev fronted the House of Representative's Standing ...

QIC answers global infrastructure demand

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
... QIC announcing its final close. The QGIF is a pooled, unlisted investment vehicle with the objective of providing institutional investors with attractive, risk-adjusted returns via long-term exposure to a diversified portfolio of global infrastructure ...

South Korean pension fund buys Brisbane property

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
A South Korean pension fund purchased a landmark office building in Brisbane, showcasing the increased international investment in Australian real estate stretches beyond Sydney and Melbourne. AXA Investment Managers' property investment arm, Eureka ...