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Cbus, Media Super set merger date

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
Media Super has confirmed the two funds will merge on April 9 and that its members will see their administration and investment fees increase slightly in return for a more comprehensive offering. In an update to members, Media Super said its merger ...

Australian market praised in latest pension study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022
Global pension fund assets have doubled in the last decade, with Australia's pension assets growing by 11.6% in 2021 and seeing it described as "the most successful pensions market". The latest Global Pension Assets Study from Willis Towers Watson's ...

Assets under custody hit $4.7tn

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2022
The Australian Custodial Services Association (ACSA), the peak industry body for custodians and asset service providers in Australia today released industry data showing assets under custody increased by 5.8%to a new record of $4.7 trillion in the six ...

GAM partners with Liberty Street

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2022
GAM Investments announced that it has entered a strategic partnership with Liberty Street Advisors. Liberty Street is a private market investment firm focussed on late stage, high-growth innovation companies. Through the new partnership, GAM plans to ...

New study on precious metal hedge

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2022
New research has taken a fresh look at the often-debated topic of how precious metals act as a hedge and/or diversifier in equity portfolios. Jose Arreola Hernandez from Rennes School of Business in France and Sang Hoon Kang and Seong-Min Yoon from ...

Korean pension fund spends in Sydney

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2022
The National Pension Service of Korea is now one of the co-owners of Sydney's Darling Quarter. Allianz Real Estate, on behalf of NPS and Allianz, has acquired 50% of Commonwealth Bank Place, also known as Darling Quarter. The two paid $630 million for ...

Charter Hall, PGGM make moves on Irongate

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2022
Irongate Group has received a $1.29 billion takeover bid from a partnership managed by Charter Hall Group, topping a rejected offer by 360 Capital. The partnership, comprising Dutch pension fund PGGM and Charter Hall, made a bid of A$1.90 per share ...

CFD trading declines: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2022
ASIC's watchful eye over on the contracts for difference sector has forced investors to retreat from the risky trading strategies. The number of investors transacting in CFDs and foreign exchange in the 12 months to November 2021 declined 15%, Investment ...

Former Spaceship chief executive banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2022
The former chief executive of Spaceship has been banned from providing financial services after ASIC found he had an employee complete AICD assessments on his behalf. The investigation found Paul Kevin Bennetts, who led both Spaceship's managed ...

Investors dig deeper for alternative assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
The hunt for yield has prompted investors to turn to new asset classes within the alternatives sector, according to Preqin. Disappointing returns from traditional assets such as office, retail and industrial have also forced investors to look to other ...