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CFS unveils fund manager, fee changes to FirstChoice

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2024
... options from mid-November. The CFS Alternatives option will be replaced with BlackRock Global Liquid Alternatives. The CFS Asian Share option will become the Skerryvore Global Emerging Markets All-Cap option. First Sentier's Global Listed Infrastructure ...

Nikko Asset Management to become Amova

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024
... change reflects the progress the firm has made since its launch in Tokyo in 1959, describing itself as "a global citizen with Asian DNA." It said it also symbolises the path forward in its strategy to strengthen growth in Japan and to further expand ...

Macquarie AM splurges on data centre

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2024
... AirTrunk, an Asia-Pacific data centre developer and operator with facilities, and Bersama Digital Infrastructure, a Southeast Asian regional digital platform. MKIF launched in 2002 and is listed on the Korea Exchange (KRX) with a market capitalisation ...

Chalmers 'confident but not complacent' on economic prospects

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2024
... driven by weaker than expected jobs growth and tech earnings in the US, as well as rising Japanese interest rates impacting Asian markets as well. Australia's not immune from these global developments," Chalmers said at a press conference. However, Chalmers ...

Maple-Brown Abbott sells to Antipodes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2024
... months after Antipodes bought specialist boutique Premium Asia Funds Management, taking over its three fixed income and Asian equity strategies, which collectively held about $170 million in funds. That deal was effective April 22, with Premium Asia ...

Boutique ESG fund manager folds

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2024
... wider marketplace." Nacard spent more than 15 years at Macquarie Group in senior roles, that included working as co-head of Asian equities. Nathan Parkin was the deputy head of equities at Perpetual, spending over six years there, starting out as an ...

Robeco launches two new strategies

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
... specifically on the transition toward a low-carbon economy, aligning with the goals of the Paris Agreement. The broader Transition Asian Equities strategy also focuses on climate transition but takes into consideration other environmental and social ...

Government lifts funding to preserve banking in the Pacific

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024
... million to the World Bank for developing digital identity infrastructure across Pacific Island countries, $1.7 million to the Asian Development Bank to improve regional compliance with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing requirements ...

Long-term optimism for APAC despite short-term hurdles

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024
... number of ESG funds closed fell 10%. Other findings showed that the APAC office sector supported by healthy demand. The North Asian office market is becoming a focal point for deals, with office transactions in 2023 accounting for 39% of total deal value ...

EQT Mid-Market Growth Fund exceeds target

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024
... excited for what's ahead," he said. Over 80% of the total commitments came from existing investors in EQT's flagship Asian large-cap buyout funds. The remaining commitments were primarily from investors new to EQT's Asian platform and a significant ...