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Investment

Pendal to acquire US firm, profit climbs

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021
Pendal Group has announced its plans to acquire US-based investment firm Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley (TSW) as profit rose 8%, according to its half-year results.

Canadian pension giant, real estate manager in JV

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
A major Canadian pension investment manager has entered a joint venture with a UK real estate investment firm to develop a logistics portfolio valued at close to $2 billion.

Housing market reaches new heights

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
The residential real estate market in Australia is estimated to have surged above $8 trillion, new analysis from CoreLogic shows.

Macquarie posts $3bn profit, makes hire

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
Macquarie Group recorded a 106% increase in statutory profit to $3 billion from the first half of the year in its full-year results and named the chief executive of Macquarie Asia.

State Street to track Bitcoin

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
The global investment giant State Street has launched a new Bitcoin Thematic Indicator to track the impact of Bitcoin on more traditional financial markets.

WTW launches working group

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
Willis Towers Watson has launched a working group that actively seeks opportunities in the public-private equity space.

Schroders launches new fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
Schroders has launched a new Chinese equities fund for Australian investors.

AMP Capital invests in India

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
AMP Capital has made its inaugural infrastructure debt investment in India, co-financing a deal that will help build major roads for the country.

Mainstream bidding heats up

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
The fund administrator has accepted a new offer from SS&C after receiving an unsolicited superior bid from another firm.

Pengana appoints manager for global equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
Pengana Capital has appointed a US-based fund manager to its global equities assets, after Jordan Cvetanovski and Steven Glass's surprise walkout in March.