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Investment

$26 billion real estate group shuffles portfolio

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
Vicinity Centres is offloading about $1 billion of sub-regional and neighbourhood shopping centres, with a view to reinvest in opportunities that create better value for security holders.

FirstChoice adds natural resources strategy

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
A global investment manager with more than $484 billion in assets under management has added its global natural resources strategy to Colonial First State's FirstChoice platform.

Chapmans passes on blockchain investment

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
An ASX-listed diversified investment company has passed up the final opportunity to invest in a US-based blockchain securities trading platform where it had contractual rights to invest up to US$4 million.

Citi launches currency product, targets HNW investors

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
Citi Australia is continuing its increased push into the local wealth management market, introducing a currency product targeted at globetrotting high-net-worth investors.

Australia should consider Islamic finance to bridge infrastructure gap

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
If super funds continue to spurn local infrastructure investment in favour of offshore assets, Crescent Wealth managing director Talal Yassine believes the Islamic finance market should help make up Australia's shortfall.

Magellan launches retail Australian equities fund

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
Magellan's acquisition of Airlie Funds Management has led to the latter launching its Australian equities fund to retail investors for the first time.

Aussie fixed income house partners with Israeli firm

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
Australia's largest fixed income specialist, with more than $10 billion in funds under management, is partnering with an Israeli portfolio solution company.

Global fixed income manager mulls active bond ETFs

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
A global fixed income manager with more than US$430 billion in assets under management is contemplating the launch of actively managed bond ETFs to serve self-managed super fund clients.

Pengana partners with credit boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
Pengana Capital, which specialises in listed equities, is acquiring a minority stake in a boutique credit investment manager that offers credit funds for high-net-worth investors.

Outlook darkens for bank stocks

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
Major bank stocks could tumble up to 40% if the correction in the housing market gets more disorderly, UBS analysts led by Jonathon Mott said in a research note dated May 30.