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Thomson Reuters sells analytics business to institutional investors

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
A Canadian pension fund, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund and a global private equity giant have purchased a stake in Thomson Reuters' Financial and Risk business. Private equity funds managed by Blackstone, together with the Canada Pension Plan Investment ...

Consistent growth fuels Future Fund cyber fears

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
... portfolio is among its top concerns. Future Fund chairman Peter Costello said in a portfolio update this morning that the sovereign wealth fund considers cybersecurity risk to be a major threat as it's difficult to stay ahead of attacks. He said the ...

SG Hiscock wins small cap mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
... a credit-intensive bottom-up process, will add significant value for our investors given the challenging outlook for sovereign debt markets."

Supervised Investments wins global fixed income mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
... a credit-intensive bottom-up process, will add significant value for our investors given the challenging outlook for sovereign debt markets." Just last week, Alpha Fund Managers awarded another global fixed income mandate: this time to J.P. Morgan Asset ...

Former AustralianSuper risk head joins AIA ahead of CommInsure acquisition

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
... its agreement with CBA to acquire CommInsure for $3.8 billion in September. Under the agreement, CommInsure Life and Sovereign customers will hold on to all current benefits of their existing policies. They will have continued access to high quality ...

Former J.P. Morgan chief joins Future Fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
The Future Fund appointed a former J.P. Morgan chief executive to its board. Robert Priestley joins the sovereign wealth fund's Board of Guardians, replacing Steven Harker who completed his five-year term. Priestley was the chief executive of J.P. Morgan ...

Super funds driving PE growth: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
... pension funds, albeit the majority (90%) of inflows originated from Australian funds, followed by fund-of-funds (21%) and sovereign funds (19%). Venture capital fundraising also surged to a record level of $1.32 billion; 42% was allocated to the technology ...

Beyond 6000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
... attempt was in May 2008 when it reached a high of 5908.08 points that year. The global financial crisis, the European sovereign debt crisis, the Arab spring, and China's slowdown (which battered Australia's mining sector) prevented the index from revisiting ...

Macquarie wins $50m small cap mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
... mandate story this week that saw BT Funds Management New Zealand award a $500 million mandate to a manager of global sovereign debt. Winning the mandate means Colchester Global Investors has taken its total Australian and New Zealand assets under management ...

BTFM awards $500m fixed income mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2017
BT Funds Management New Zealand recently awarded a $500 million mandate to a manager of global sovereign debt. With this new mandate from the investment arm of Westpac New Zealand, Colchester Global Investors has taken its total Australian and New Zealand ...