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Funds are 'getting back to basics', says report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2024
... year, driven by strong macroeconomic fundamentals and a favourable regulatory environment. Notably, large funds like the Korea Investment Corporation and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority have established a local presence in India this year. In contrast ...

Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
... demarcates nine naval bases and airfields, a New York Times analysis shows. It has 10 launchpads in Japan and seven in South Korea, and last year formalised a new security agreement with Papua New Guinea. The US government's spend on defence has ...

Regal indicted for alleged short-selling breach

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2024
Regal Partners has been indicted by the South Korean securities watchdog after a former employee allegedly breached the country's tough short-selling rules. The Korean Prosecutor's Office issued an indictment against Regal and its former employee ...

AustralianSuper pumps $2.2bn into US data centre

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2024
... Macquarie Asset Management splurged US$530 million on South Korean data centre company Hanam Data Centre via its Macquarie Korea Infrastructure Fund.

Betashares launches defence ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024
... only holds global companies headquartered in NATO member and major NATO-ally countries, such as Australia, Japan, and South Korea," he said. The MSCI World Aerospace and Defense Index, which comprises large- and mid-cap stocks from 23 developed countries ...

Muzinich & Co. partners to launch infrastructure debt strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2024
... financing and capital solutions for middle-market infrastructure and real asset companies across Australia, Singapore, South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, the UK, and Canada. It can also invest in deals in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and European Union ...

Macquarie AM splurges on data centre

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2024
Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) will splurge US$530 million on a Korean data centre company. MAM via its Macquarie Korea Infrastructure Fund (MKIF) agreed to acquire the Hanam Data Centre, a data centre with a total capacity of 40 megawatts and a target ...

Political risk pushes institutional investors to cash: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024
... above to simply average levels. This did not deter stronger long-term investor inflows into other regional markets such as Korea, India and Indonesia, but it shows that investor sentiment toward Chinese equities remains somewhat fragile even after a ...

BlackRock to launch new ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024
... globally rewired, countries such as India, Mexico, and Brazil are capitalising on reshoring or friendshoring, while South Korea has increased its market share in battery manufacturing. This represents a structural long-term change which has traditionally ...

Dividends up but share buybacks fall: Janus Henderson

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... 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 Lofthouse said many companies use buybacks as a release valve to return excess ...