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First Sentier launches ESG debt strategy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
First Sentier Investors is leveraging MUFG Bank's strengths in ESG financing for a new private debt capability that will initially focus on providing loans to the renewable energy sector.

Outflows continue at IOOF

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021
IOOF ended March quarter with $203.9 billion in funds under management and administration, after significant outflows from advice and pensions business.

AMP Capital shutters dud fund, Naeimi departs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021
AMP Capital has shut down the AMP Capital Dynamic Markets Fund, launched by Shane Oliver in 2011, following poor performance.

AMP Capital fails to stop fund merger

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2021
AMP Capital has failed in its bid to stop a merger between the Dexus Wholesale Property Fund and the AMP Capital Diversified Property Fund.

Equity Trustees wins mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
Equity Trustees has been appointed the alternative investment fund manager (AIFM) for a UK-based fund manager.

BetaShares launches hybrids ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
BetaShares has launched a new ETF that invests in ASX-listed preference shares issued by the big four Australian banks.

Standard Life Aberdeen rebrands to Abrdn

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
Standard Life Aberdeen is changing its name to Abrdn in a bid to revamp the company with a modern edge.

MIRA to acquire waste management firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets is set to acquire a waste management company for about $2.3 billion.

Primewest, BlackRock enter JV

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
Following its merger plans with Centuria Capital, Primewest has formed a joint venture with a fund advised by BlackRock Real Assets and has made headway on acquiring its first property.

Hostplus, HNWs back CSIRO fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
Main Sequence, a deep tech investment fund founded by CSIRO, has raised $250 million from investors such as Hostplus and Temasek to solve the world's problems in health, food, space and industrial productivity.