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EQT Group dumps Iress bid

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
... transaction. Last week Iress granted EQT a further 10 days to complete its due diligence after an initial 30-day access on August 11. EQT's third offer was to acquire Iress shares at $15.91 plus a 16-cent dividend per share as it caved on previous ...

Totus hires from Winton

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
... million. Its Totus Alpha Strategy is a long/short strategy that has delivered 15.9% p.a. to ASX 300's 10.5% p.a. since August 2012 inception. It is available as a wholesale, retail, and Cayman domiciled fund.

EQT gets 10 more days of due diligence at Iress

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021
... another 10 days to complete its due diligence. The European private equity firm was granted 30-day access to Iress's books on August 11, at its third bid. EQT's third offer was to acquire Iress shares at $15.91 plus a 16-cent dividend per share as it ...

Pallas Capital raises $194m

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021
... manager says it raised $194 million in new commitments from high-net-worth and family office investors between June and August. The firm said it has now reached $1 billion in cumulative transactions since its launch five years ago. June alone brought ...

ETFs hit $125bn milestone

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021
Australia's exchange-traded fund sector reached another milestone, hitting $125 billion in August. Equity ETFs continue to dominate inflows, representing the majority (85%) of total flows for the month. International equity ETFs had over $1.4 billion ...

MSCI reclassifies Pakistan to frontier market

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021
... expects four new securities to be included in the MSCI Frontier Markets Index with an estimated weight of 1.90% based on August end pro-forma data. MSCI classifies markets as: developed, emerging, frontier or standalone market. To do so, it uses three ...

Fund manager names new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021
... recently finished up at a global fund manager. In the newly created role of chief executive, Damon Hambly took the reins on August 1. He reports to the board of IML and is also a member of the board. Hambly is responsible for overseeing the operations ...

Pain ahead for super trustees on unlisted valuations

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2021
... 8-15%. Statewide Super said it did its devaluations on the back of advice from external valuers and investment managers. In August 2020, the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics public hearing questioned APRA's Wayne Byres and ...

Economic recap: Week to September 3

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2021
... ensure their 2021 steel production doesn't exceed that of 2020, "Analysts estimate output will need to fall ~12% from August through December to meet China's 2021 target". (Factset). More worrying, the Global Times reported that: "China's ...

NGS Super hikes fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2021
... Memorandum of Understanding with ACSRF to explore the possibility of creating a $21.5 billion merged fund. However, on August 25, the two funds said they have decided to not merge. At the time both funds said they had not yet received their APRA performance ...