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Acquisition to create APAC real assets heavyweight

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2021
A Hong Kong-based real estate developer will acquire a leading APAC real assets fund manager to become the largest manager of its kind in the region. ESR Cayman Limited is to acquire 100% of ARA Asset Management for $7 billion (US$5.2bn) via a 90/10 ...

Funds grilled despite record returns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021
... regard to bonuses. Wilson claimed that IFM had been requested to appear at this hearing but had declined. "You can't ask a witness the day before a hearing to attend and then criticise them on the public record for not attending," Murphy said. Murphy ...

Centuria launches unlisted fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021
... there is a strong appetite from retail investors who are searching for investments with compelling yields. We continue to witness this strong appetite with the oversubscription of our recent unlisted fundraisings." "With rising white-collar employment ...

Former adviser cops eight-year ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
A former ANZ and Infocus Securities financial adviser has been banned for eight years after ASIC found evidence of forgery and falsifying documents. Lisa Lee, a Sydney-based former adviser, falsely witnessed binding nomination of beneficiary forms for ...

Chief economist update: The Fed and Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
Just when we thought Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell has tapered sooner-than-later taper expectations, along comes Robert Steven Kaplan -- president and chief executive of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. While the US Federal Reserve was waxing ...

HESTA hires former Vanguard head

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2021
HESTA, the $60 billion industry fund for the health and community services sector, has made a key appointment within its investments team. Stephen Howard has been appointed general manager, defensives. He was the head of fixed income for Asia Pacific ...

Value managers fight back: Mercer

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
Value fund managers made a highly anticipated comeback in the first quarter of 2021, Mercer's latest analysis of Australian equities performance shows. In the year to March 2021, the Australian Shares Investment Manager Performance Survey revealed ...

BlackRock hires from AMP Capital

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
BlackRock has announced two co-heads of BlackRock Sustainable Investing for Asia Pacific, hiring from AMP Capital. Emily Woodland and Geir Espeskog have been appointed to share the position, both based in Hong Kong. Woodland was previously head of sustainable ...

Implemented Portfolios adds to team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
... manager of partnerships and distribution Phil Pilgrim. "In regard to the appointments of Laura and Kieran, it is exciting to witness what was not long ago a one-man distribution team evolve into a team of five, which we believe is a demonstrated reflection ...

Investor population rises for global equities

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
Young Australians have flocked to trade listed investments for the first time, having set their sights on global equities, new research shows. Investment Trends 2020 2H Online Investing Report found that 435,000 Australians placed their first trade ...