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Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... interests, it takes a lot of time." Platinum chief executive officer Kerr Neilson has been vocal about investment opportunities in India. Platinum's Asia Fund has a 15% allocation to India and two of its top ten positions are with Indian stocks. "Unlike ...

China trade deal must not be delayed: FSC

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY, FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... staggering one billion middle class Chinese. This middle class will increasingly demand financial services and investment opportunities beyond China's borders. Foreign firms cannot service this burgeoning demand unless a regulatory structure such as ...

Super funds hunting further afield for overseas assets

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... under a sell or hold analysis," Evans said. "The challenge in the current market cycle is to originate investment opportunities of equal or better quality to what may already sit within a portfolio."

WAM Capital poised to pounce in mixed market

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... Wilson Asset Management chief investment officer Chris Stott says increasing M&A activity will create investment opportunities in the year ahead, despite a mixed economic outlook. The group's listed investment company, WAM Capital, grew 35.3% to $806.5 ...

AustralianSuper builds in-house global equities team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... After bringing the Australian equities and a small caps investment teams in-house, McKeand said that good investment opportunities have come up "a lot more quickly than we thought." "Having the internal teams in place opens opportunities for investment ...

Legg Mason and RARE ink $200m deal

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... year resulted in a strengthened management and investment team with executives well positioned to source investment opportunities internationally to grow our business strategically. This transaction provides added balance sheet strength and flexibility," ...

Zurich identifies investment megatrends

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
... Financial Services has identified five megatrends which it believes will determine the most plausible investment opportunities for the medium to long-term. In a new whitepaper, titled "Investable Megatrends", the company identifies factors - including ...

SIV opens door to China for fund managers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... The connections Moelis has made with Chinese clients has also helped the investment bank identify M&A investment opportunities in China and other clients are keen to open up distribution agreements between Australian and Chinese beef and dairy businesses. ...

Agribusiness fund launched by former Telstra Super exec

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
Newly formed ASURO Group is aiming to "institutionally" structure investment opportunities in the agribusiness space that will appeal to both superannuation funds and private investors. Headed by former Telstra Super executive Robert Talevski and professional ...

Australian alternatives assets top $250 billion

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
... longer be appropriate. "Institutional investors continue to plough billions of dollars annually into investment opportunities other than bonds and equities, which are now increasingly seen as 'bread and butter' assets. At the same time, lines are blurring ...