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Industry fund awards $150m mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
... Affirmative Investment Management (AIM) to manage its first green bond mandate, which aims to achieve financial returns, and generate positive environmental and social impact projects. The bond, hedged in Australian dollars, is benchmarked against the ...

Sovereign wealth fund plans Ancestry.com retreat

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
Investors including Singapore's $150 billion plus sovereign wealth fund are looking to pull out over $1.3 billion from popular DNA testing company Ancestry.com, according to a news report. Singapore's GIC and private equity firm Silver Lake Management ...

Plato to raise $200 million

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
... and gold stocks. Senior portfolio manager Peter Gardner said this diversified portfolio means the fund will be able to generate market-like returns with the same level of income as some of the high income stocks. "You're going to be get the advantages ...

Praemium FUA skyrockets

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
Praemium saw funds under administration hit $16.1 billion over the last financial year, thanks largely to its off-platform managed accounts service. The ASX-listed platform's FUA shot up 108% in FY19 as a result of launching the Virtual Managed ...

CBA remediation bill drags performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
Commonwealth Bank's overall remediation and compliance costs have hit $2.2 billion, dragging its full-year June 2019 results. A large chunk ($806m) of the bank's customer remediation bill will go towards implementing regulatory and compliance ...

Chief economist update: RBA heading to zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
Trump's latest tat (branding Beijing a currency manipulator) for China's tit (allowing the yuan to fall below the psychological threshold of CNY7.0/US$1) highlights just how determined the US president is to win the trade war. Yes Virginia ...

Super fund turns to food sustainability

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... Much of the focus on food investments to date has been based on the growth of the Asian middle class and the demand they generate he said. But Graham said this focus needs to be complemented by the long-term supply-side considerations such as environmental ...

London Stock Exchange in talks to buy Refinitiv

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
London Stock Exchange has confirmed it is in talks to acquire Refinitiv in a US$27 billion deal. The deal would see the stock exchange buying Thomson Reuters' 45% stake in Refinitiv, a global provider of financial markets data and infrastructure that ...

Aussie millionaires are cashed up: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... head of strategy and development Clark Morgan said wealthy Australians are "cautious" investors as the majority want to generate income and preserve capital as key priorities. They also fear of assets underperforming, investment losses and want to avoid ...

Asset manager bolsters distribution team

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
... option which "provides superior investor protections relative to those of shares." "Investors are grappling with trying to generate income in a very low interest rate environment. Global credit markets offer higher returns with a broad opportunity set ...