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Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
... demarcates nine naval bases and airfields, a New York Times analysis shows. It has 10 launchpads in Japan and seven in South Korea, and last year formalised a new security agreement with Papua New Guinea. The US government's spend on defence has ...

Regal indicted for alleged short-selling breach

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2024
Regal Partners has been indicted by the South Korean securities watchdog after a former employee allegedly breached the country's tough short-selling rules. The Korean Prosecutor's Office issued an indictment against Regal and its former employee ...

AustralianSuper pumps $2.2bn into US data centre

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2024
AustralianSuper is making its first investment in a US data centre platform for $2.2 billion in a bid to capitalise on the soaring demand for cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure. Texas-based DataBank has found a place in AustralianSuper's ...

Betashares launches defence ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024
... only holds global companies headquartered in NATO member and major NATO-ally countries, such as Australia, Japan, and South Korea," he said. The MSCI World Aerospace and Defense Index, which comprises large- and mid-cap stocks from 23 developed countries ...

Muzinich & Co. partners to launch infrastructure debt strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2024
... financing and capital solutions for middle-market infrastructure and real asset companies across Australia, Singapore, South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, the UK, and Canada. It can also invest in deals in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and European Union ...

BlackRock to launch new ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024
... globally rewired, countries such as India, Mexico, and Brazil are capitalising on reshoring or friendshoring, while South Korea has increased its market share in battery manufacturing. This represents a structural long-term change which has traditionally ...

Dividends up but share buybacks fall: Janus Henderson

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... mainly reflected lower share buybacks by Australia's large banks, more than offsetting increases in Hong Kong and South Korea. Janus Henderson head of global equity income Ben Lofthouse said many companies use buybacks as a release valve to return excess ...

Foreign investors optimistic about Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
... same representation as last year. These included Mainland China, Japan, Australia, Singapore, New Zealand, India, South Korea, and Taiwan. Several markets in the region have seen improved performance, including Mainland China that has jumped four spots ...

ETF market to soar 30%: State Street

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024
... as policy makers from the government and state investment fund use ETFs as a tool to stabilise equity markets. In South Korea, ETF assets exceed US$50 billion. Australia and Hong Kong will make the first spot cryptocurrency available for institutional ...

Infrastructure a foundational portfolio asset class: IFM Investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... since 2016, in an attempt to slash costs and increase infrastructure allocations. Likewise, in parts of Asia, such as South Korea and Japan, asset owners have increased their infrastructure investments over the last decade. South Korea's National Pension ...