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Platinum announces strategic review

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2024
... "The reason I joined Platinum - the brand, the talent of our investment and senior teams, the legacy of success here in Australia - these things are all still here. We must capitalise on them and improve where we can, and then we will be well on the ...

Link shareholders approve takeover

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2024
Link Group shareholders have voted in favour of the proposed acquisition by MUFG's subsidiary Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corporation (The Trust Bank). MUFG made the $1.2 billion takeover bid in December last year. MUFG will pay $2.26 cash for every ...

Mega super fund opens first international office

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... already met with the David Cameron, secretary of state for foreign, commonwealth and development affairs on his visit to Australia last month to discuss local investment opportunities. ART already has over 40% of its assets outside of Australia and more ...

Dividends up but share buybacks fall: Janus Henderson

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... programmes, Janus Henderson said. The big year-on-year reduction (down 40%) mainly reflected lower share buybacks by Australia's large banks, more than offsetting increases in Hong Kong and South Korea. Janus Henderson head of global equity income Ben ...

Fund managers nervously await 'golden visa' reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... Visa-compliant (SIV) products, which require a minimum investment of $5 million and essentially fast track residency in Australia, to attract potential investors. The Financial Services Council estimates that SIVs have attracted $15 billion from investors ...

FSC expands financial advice membership

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... Unity chief executive for wealth and capital markets Esther Kerr and J.P. Morgan Asset Management chief executive for Australia and New Zealand Andrew Creber to the board to represent the funds management sector. FSC chair David Bryant said: "The appointment ...

Aware builds property portfolio, adds 726 homes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... Preston in the city's north, marking an expansion to its role as one of the largest build-to-rent (BTR) developers in Australia. With a construction value of $320 million, the two projects will provide 726 dwellings, lifting the number of homes in Aware ...

Franklin Templeton's Brandywine Global launches new fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024
Franklin Templeton investment manager Brandywine Global has expanded its product suite with the launch of a Global Opportunistic Equity Fund for Australian investors. The $2.4 trillion asset manager said the fund will invest in 60 to 100 global companies ...

First Sentier axes investment units, AUM takes $14bn hit

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024
... income, global credit, equity income, and emerging companies units will close. "We have looked across our business in Australia to ensure each of our investment capabilities has sufficient client demand to be commercially material and sustainable," FSI ...

LIT delisting simplifies Forager: CIO

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024
Forager Funds Management's chief investment officer is urging investors to vote in favour of delisting a troubled listed investment trust (LIT) in a bid to simplify the business. Chief investment officer Steve Johnson wrote to investors that if ...