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Regulation, industry to curb greenwashing

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2021
The funds management industry, along with policymakers, must improve classifications of sustainable funds to prevent greenwashing, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF's Global Financial Stability Report said that $20 trillion ...

Private equity firm divests Zenith

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2021
... organisations, and a belief that together, we can create a really compelling, premium service for advisers, fund managers, super funds and institutional clients." The research house was founded 20 years ago. It has rated more than 1000 investment and ...

Magellan cops $4bn drop

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2021
Magellan Financial Group recorded net outflows in its retail and institutional funds under management last quarter, bringing it back to June figures. The global equities strategy saw a $4 billion drop in FUM to $84 billion while infrastructure equities ...

Challenger adds market-linked annuity

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2021
... return. The options are available to retirees through financial advisers and also to institutions providing superannuation funds with access to the annuity within their retirement income strategy. "People are living longer, and many retirees are more ...

Resolution Capital adds infrastructure fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2021
... infrastructure offering. The Resolution Capital Global Listed Infrastructure Fund sees Resolution Capital's stable of funds expanded to seven and is led by portfolio managers Jan de Vos, Mark Jones and Sarah Lau. It will invest in internationally ...

Industry fund appoints chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2021
... investment officer at Pacific Current Group (then Treasury Group) and oversaw Mercer's superannuation and multi-manager funds for about two years between June 2011 and July 2013. In total, he spent nine years at Mercer, having joined in 2004 from Frontier ...

Perpetual acquires Laminar Capital

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2021
Perpetual has acquired Laminar Capital, a specialist debt markets and advisory business with funds under management and advice of $8 billion. In addition to its debt markets and advisory business, Laminar has a specialist fixed income digital platform ...

New private opportunities fund launches

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2021
... it has already identified several companies as likely investments. This is NAOS' first private companies fund. NAOS has funds under management of approximately $400 million and currently manages three listed investment companies (LICs) - a micro-cap ...

Westbridge FM expands fund lineup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2021
The West Australian property fund manager has added to its series of diversified funds, open to retail and wholesale investors. The Westbridge Diversified Fund No. 4 is looking to purchase up to 12 assets to create a commercial property portfolio of ...

Pension funds acquire forestry asset

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2021
Two European pension funds are set to purchase a 62% share in a timber producer in New Zealand. APG Asset Management on behalf of its Dutch pension fund client ABP, and the UK's Pension Protection Fund (PPF) have entered an agreement to purchase Sinotrans ...