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Macquarie and Canadian pension fund buy SA government asset

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017
... Services SA consortium, made up of Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets and one of Canada's largest pension investment managers, has secured South Australia's land services and lands titles office for $1.6 billion. Macquarie, in conjunction with ...

FinaMetrica merges with global software provider

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
... PlanPlus and FinaMetrica, under the umbrella of PlanPlus Global, will offer an integrated solution to banks, investment managers and financial advice organisations looking to build global scale. In addition, both companies will continue to offer their ...

Nikko AM to disrupt with acquisition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
... global economy, through ARK's investment strategies," Wood said. ARK is majority owned by Wood, with Resolute Investment Managers joined by Nikko AM as a minority shareholder.

Responsible AUM strengthens

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
... their values, he added. RIAA canvassed some 104 asset managers, super funds, financial advisers, banks and investment managers with the help of KPMG conducting the research.

Investment managers turning to hungry retail market

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017
Boutique and alternatives managers, traditionally the purview of institutional and wholesale investors, are turning to an increasingly sophisticated retail market to diversify their client bases. Consider Cooper Investors, the $11 billion global equities ...

Asset managers held to higher standard: FSC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2017
Investment managers and asset owners will face stricter reporting and transparency rules following the launch of Australia's first Internal Governance and Asset Stewardship Standard. The Standard, administered by the Financial Services Council (FSC) ...

Macquarie leads alternatives pack

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... Macquarie Group dominating the local sector. The annual Willis Towers Watson global alternatives survey of 562 investment managers (which included 47 from Asia Pacific) found real estate managers (35%) hold the lion's share of AUM followed by private ...

Investment purpose critical to advice: Nikko AM

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2017
... which does not align with their values. Adding another layer of complexity, Carter expressed concern that some investment managers are adopting SRI to screen out investments so they can "tick the box" to say they are doing their bit for the environment ...

Cameron Hume hires fixed income expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
... exposure to the Australian and New Zealand institutional market. Most recently, co-founder Guy Cameron urged investment managers to carefully consider environmental, social and governance issues with respect to strategies. "A point worth making at the ...

EOFY: Super funds to hit double digit returns

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... delivered by bond markets in a rising interest rate environment. The 3% Australian dollar movement and difficulty investment managers have in accessing index returns will detract from these headline index outcomes, Rainmaker cautioned. Rainmaker head ...