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Investors warned to sell hybrids before phase out

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
... retail investors still holding onto AT1 securities should be thinking about selling soon, given the assets are still currently priced above par. "As they move closer to maturity the capital price will be pulled closer to par, and therefore investors ...

Non-compete, restraint clauses to be outlawed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... where restraint clauses are most prevalent. The government will also work to close loopholes in competition law that currently allow businesses to use 'no-poach' agreements to block staff from being hired by competitors, and fix wages by capping workers' ...

Regal slashes holdings in Opthea over insolvency concerns

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... cannot be certain as to the outcome of those discussions or when that outcome may become known." Opthea added that it is currently relying on the "safe harbour" provisions in taking course of action reasonably likely to lead to a better outcome for the ...

Splintered globalisation a boon for AI, metals, EVs: PGIM

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
... offer stable opportunities for growth that will prevail in this new era. Overall, the first track of globalisation "currently represents just 25% of global GDP but captures nearly all the media and political focus." Sectors in this so-called "small yard ...

State Super: In decline but doing fine

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... returns are coming in, nevertheless there's still a drift of negative cash flow from these funds. The defined benefit side currently sits around $30 billion and has net outflows of $1 to $2 billion every five to seven years. The defined contribution ...

SQM places private credit sector on watch

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... increasingly encountering red flags when rating offerings. The research house has been covering private credit since 2007. SQM currently rates on some 70 private credit funds across both retail and wholesale, representing approximately $33 billion of ...

Canada pension fund hires ex-CalPERS CIO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... account. Further, he served as deputy chief investment officer at the $3.2 trillion foreign exchange reserve. He is currently a member of the ESG Advisory Council of Novata, a company that empowers the collection, analysis, benchmarking and reporting ...

Study finds 5000 European ESG funds investing in fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... analysed the holdings of 13,507 actively managed funds and 784 ETFs and does not include investments in Microsoft, which is currently building a gas-fired power plant for a data center.

Super fund consolidation to accelerate: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... by 2034. Mercer also expects a reduction in the number of platform funds, forecasting their numbers to fall from 20 currently to between five and 10 by 2034. Beyond 2034, Mercer anticipates the pace of consolidation will ease, projecting a more "gradual ...

CEFC funds sustainable real estate credit projects

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
... construction sector to lift sustainability standards, which are essential to our transition to net zero emissions." Currently, the built environment is responsible for about 40% of the 50 billion tonnes of carbon emissions released globally each year. ...