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ACCC approves Lendlease, Stockland property deal

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) won't block Stockland and Thai property developer Supalai's plan to acquire 12 of Lendlease's 16 residential community projects, but there are strings attached. The masterplanned communities ...

Janus Henderson to manage new tokenised treasury fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
Janus Henderson will partner with tokenisation platform Centrifuge and its asset management arm, Anemoy, to manage Anemoy's Liquid Treasury Fund (LTF), a fully on-chain, tokenised fund. The US$360 billion asset manager will serve as a sub-adviser to ...

AI could see emerging markets flourish: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024
Although the emerging markets have been on the backfoot in recent years, they are beginning to gain ground again with institutional investors, an expert from Janus Henderson Investors noted, underpinned by the rise of artificial intelligence. Institutional ...

CLSA penalised over data mistakes

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2024
... trade notifications to its clients and that CLSA contravened Rule 6.3.1(2)(1)(a) by failing to immediately report a pair of block trades after their execution, taking 25 minutes to report them. ASIC advised the payment of the penalty does not constitute ...

Platinum outflows drag performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2024
... strategy, drained the bottom line. The business review saw some existing products and distribution channels on the chopping block, including the closure of Platinum Global Transition Fund (ASX:PGTX). By March 2025, Platinum Asia Investments will merge ...

New bill seeks to block investments involving Cbus

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024
Liberal senator Andrew Bragg has introduced a bill to stop the Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) from investing in housing projects financed by Cbus. The bill would amend the Housing Australia Future Fund Act 2023 to include an additional limitation ...

State Street partners with Taurus to expand digital asset services

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2024
State Street Corporation announced a strategic agreement with Taurus, a digital asset platform, to deliver new digital asset capabilities to State Street Bank and institutional investors. The agreement will add tokenisation and digital custody services ...

ETFs trump active managed funds in core portfolios

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
... shift to passive funds as they choose exchange-traded funds (ETFs) over active, unlisted managed funds as a core building block in clients' portfolios. According to Investment Trends head of research Irene Guiamatsia, advisers' willingness to equally ...

Global X launches currency hedged version of FANG+ ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024
... Amazon, Tesla, Alphabet, Snowflake, Meta, Microsoft, Apple, Netflix, NVIDIA, and Broadcom. Positioned as a "core building block for growth orientated portfolios," the fund seeks to replicate the performance of the NYSE FANG+ Index (AUD hedged) before ...

Pacific Current names acting chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024
Pacific Current named a former Challenger executive to lead the multi-boutique in an interim capacity. Michael Clarke, who spent more than 10 years at Challenger, takes the top job at Pacific Current following the resignation of managing director, chief ...