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Global infrastructure manager opens Australian office

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2018
A $13 billion global private markets investor will open an office in Melbourne to capitalise on recent success in Australian infrastructure investment. Northleaf Capital Markets said establishing a formal presence in Australia extends the boutique's ...

Pension fund becomes green lender

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
... for investment using the proceeds of green bonds. Those categories are renewable energy (both wind and solar); sustainable water and wastewater management; and green buildings (LEED Platinum certified). CPPIB will seek second opinions on the qualification ...

Praemium signs wealth management heavyweight

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
A wealth manager with about $27 billion in assets under management has signed on to use Praemium's managed accounts services. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Australia and its about 115 financial advisers will use Praemium's separately managed ...

SMAs leading growth at Praemium

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018
Praemium's separately managed accounts business is leading the pack among its offerings, raking in 47% higher revenues in the first half of FY18 as compared to H1 FY17. Collectively the company's product offerings brought in revenue of $21.5 ...

Agriculture investment under parliament microscope

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2018
... agricultural sector are now the subject of a Federal Parliament inquiry. The house standing committee on agriculture and water resources will accept submissions to the inquiry as the parliament aims to find a solution to what has historically proved ...

IPS triples funds under administration

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2018
Independent investment and SMSF platform owner Integrated Portfolio Solutions (IPS) tripled its funds under administration over the past three years as it experiences inflows courtesy of advisers and family offices. The platform provider recently passed ...

Blue Sky short seller launches new fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
One of the men behind the US hedge fund which successfully shorted Blue Sky Alternative Investments is starting an activist investment fund of his own. Former Glaucus Research director and chief investment officer at Glaucus Investments, Soren Aandahl ...

Industry fund appoints new chair

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... three years. Lake has served as a director of the fund since 2009, and currently holds directorships of South Gippsland Water, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees and is a board member of the Municipal Association of Victoria. Lake said ...

BlackRock restructures iShares ETFs

KANIKA SOOD, KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
BlackRock will delist five of its 19 US-domiciled iShares exchange-traded funds from the ASX and convert the remainder as Australian-domiciled ETFs. The world's largest asset manager is moving towards a locally-domiciled product range and the 14 ETFs ...

Water risk infiltrates agriculture portfolios

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
Water risk is becoming a threat to Australia's $56 billion agriculture industry, forcing producers to modify practices and compelling investors to find new means to de-risk portfolios. Institutional investors' growing interest in agribusiness is a boon ...