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Institutional investors eye increased exposure to Vietnam

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
Most pension fund managers and institutional investors plan to increase their exposure to Vietnam over the next three years, according to research from Dragon Capital. Dragon Capital, a Vietnam-focused investment firm reported that 96% of them expect ...

Mega super fund opens first international office

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
ART chief executive officer Ian Patrick said the move demonstrates the scale of investments now being undertaken since the fund's merger more than two years ago. "ART partners with world-class external managers and this is the next logical step for ...

Dividends up but share buybacks fall: Janus Henderson

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
Global companies spent $181 billion less on share buybacks in 2023 compared to 2022, according to Janus Henderson's latest annual share buyback study. The $1.11 trillion total was $181 billion lower than in 2022, a significant decline of 14% year-on-year ...

Fund managers nervously await 'golden visa' reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
Fund managers that rely on "golden visas" to attract rich investors are waiting with bated breath as the government overhauls Australia's "broken" migration system. Recently, Home Affairs minister Clare O'Neill froze the ability of fund managers' ...

Franklin Templeton's Brandywine Global launches new fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024
Franklin Templeton investment manager Brandywine Global has expanded its product suite with the launch of a Global Opportunistic Equity Fund for Australian investors. The $2.4 trillion asset manager said the fund will invest in 60 to 100 global companies ...

First Sentier axes investment units, AUM takes $14bn hit

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024
First Sentier Investors (FSI) is shuttering four investment teams, seeing the exit of 30 professionals by the end of the year and the loss of about $14 billion in assets under management. The investment manager this morning announced that its locally ...

MSC Certane wins Suncorp mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024
Suncorp Group has appointed Certane CT, a division of MSC Group, as trustee for its successful $360 million notes offer. The unsecured notes will be listed and tradeable on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) from 15 May 2024 (ASX: SUNPJ). As the ...

Auditors lambast mandatory climate reporting requirements

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024
... material risks or opportunities?" Ghandar said CA ANZ members feel the government had "got it wrong" and are calling for the bill to be amended. "Seventy percent of those surveyed believed it to be very or somewhat irrelevant to prepare an audited climate ...

OneSuper to take on more super products

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024
Following on from the news that it would now be home to Spaceship Super, OneSuper will further bolster its funds under management through the transfer of another sub-plan, home to several super products. Last week, Financial Standard reported on Diversa's ...

Fortnum, PFS launch parent company

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024
Fortnum Private Wealth and its newly acquired advice business Professional Financial Services (PFS) will operate under a newly launched parent company brand, Entireti. Last November, AZ NGA-backed Fortnum and Nestworth Financial Strategists (formerly ...
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