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Natixis, Generali merger creates $3.2tn fund manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
... (AUM). The Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Natixis' owner BPCE and GIH's parent company Generali, a major Italian insurer, in which the latter will commit €15 billion ($25bn) in seed funding to the joint venture. The entity will ...

Trump inaugurated as 47th President

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
... many exporters dealing with the US, but also China, the threatened US import tariffs and potentially arising trade wars are major concern on the way to 2030," he said. "Companies around the globe that are exporting to the US may need to consider strategies ...

Super admin providers face reckoning in 2025: Finura

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025
... pricing issues - when super funds for many years strived to drive down administration fees as much as possible - have played a major part in the trend. "But they almost have now got to a point where they have become so low that you have to question whether ...

Unemployment edges up despite jobs added

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
... did not make a case for a near-term interest rate cut. "The impressively resilient strength in the labour market remains a major reason why the Reserve Bank of Australia should not hurry into cutting interest rates anytime soon," Bassanese said. "The ...

CEFC invests $100m into affordable housing strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
... and sustainability to more than $1.2 billion of its total $30 billion cash pool. The strategy targets 3000 units across major metropolitan cities, starting with a 397-unit residential development in Sydney's Westmead health district. At least half of ...

Top asset management trends for 2025

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
Despite a turbulent 2024, the prospect of more accommodating monetary and regulatory policies has turbocharged an up and to the right trend that's flattered many asset managers' businesses. However, themes that will shape the industry now, and in the ...

One in five pension funds face liquidity risks

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
... superannuation funds for their lax liquidity risk management. Eight unnamed super funds out of 23 that APRA analysed needed major improvements. Super funds tend to use just one liquidity trigger, being a percentage of illiquid asset exposure in the investment ...

Economist's wishlist: Lower tariffs, bond yields settling

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
... outside of the US could result from a pickup in the Eurozone and China. "A broadening out of economic growth across other major advanced economies would help to put downward pressure on the US dollar, which is positive for emerging markets because emerging ...

AustralianSuper aims to five-fold $1.4bn Euro venture in five years

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025
... enter into a new real estate cycle," she said. "We believe there are exciting prospects in this high conviction strategy, a major pillar of Oxford's capital deployment ambitions in the region for 2025, with a compelling pipeline of investment opportunities ...

Major climate group suspends operations

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025
... and related studies, from its website pending the review outcome. Equivalent climate groups have seen an ongoing exodus of major asset managers. Most recently, the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZAM) lost Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, and Bank of America. ...