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Investors sharpen watch on RMBS

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
Issuance of residential mortgage-backed securities hit record levels in Australia last year, led by non-bank lenders. And even though the residential mortgage-backed security pool is ripe for picking by fixed income and debt managers, challenges surround ...

Aussie fintech maintains strength

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
Australian fintech investment in 2016 remained strong despite a 47.2% global slide in fintech investment, according to KPMG International's The Pulse of Fintech report. Total fintech investment in Australia reached $626 million across 25 deals in 2016 ...

Former Ascalon head joins boutique firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016
Blue Quay Investment Management has strengthened its leadership team, appointing a former Ascalon executive. Rob Lance, most recently head of Australia for Ascalon, has taken on the role of principal, sales and strategy at Blue Quay. With more than ...

Link directors resign

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
... Cameron Blanks resigned from their board positions on Friday, following the previous day's sell down by Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) and Intermediate Capital Group. PEP shareholders were able to nominate two directors while the private equity firm held ...

Thomson Reuters partners with platform provider

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
... enables users to undertake anti-money laundering (AML), counter-terrorism financing (CTF) and politically-exposed people (PEP) due diligence via integration with Thomson Reuters intelligence source World-Check. "As regulatory demands continue to increase ...

QIC bolsters infrastructure team

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
QIC has appointed a partner in New York to its infrastructure team. Eric Belman was most recently managing director, business development at GE Power and Water. Prior to that, he oversaw mergers and acquisitions strategy at United Technologies and PepsiCo. ...

Pepared for "lift-off" watch out for "ceasing"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
'Twas the month before lift-off, when all through Wall Street not a creature was stirring, they do not weep." My apologies to Clement Clarke Moore for butchering his immortal poem but I find his words fitting - with a few adjustments - during this time ...

Pengana finding plenty to buy

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
... capital raising to acquire Energy Developments; a material increase in holdings in Spotless Group during the sell down by PEP; and a holding in Contact Energy, benefitting from Origin's sell down. Kessler's own money is invested in the fund and he said ...

Dow Jones Sustainability Indices hails ESG leaders

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, offered jointly by RobecoSAM and S&P Dow Jones Indices, has released its 2015 review. The equity indices are limited to companies that pass RobecoSAM's environmental, social and governance (ESG) evaluations, collectively ...

University investment portfolio includes tobacco and beer

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
British American Tobacco has landed among Sydney University's top international shareholdings in emerging markets as a balance is being sought in the university's environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment framework. Sydney University recently ...