10/09/2020
MySuper reforms could have downsides
In May this year, Lonsec downgraded AustralianSuper from recommended to investment grade due to high staff turnover.
Alternative Investments
10/08/2020
Ambani sells over $750 million Reliance Retail stake to Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
Founded in 2006, Reliance Retail serves more than 3.5 million customers each week (as of early this year) through its nearly 12,000 physical stores in more than 6,500 cities and towns in the country.
10/08/2020
Australian gold merger set to create global giant
The two players in the merger, Northern Star and Saracen, already have a shared stake in Australia’s largest open pit gold mine, known as the Super Pit.
10/08/2020
Korea Post seeks three managers for domestic bond fund
Eligible applicants must have a minimum three-year track record in fixed income or multi-asset investing, and their bond or multi-asset funds should have more than 100 billion won (US$86 million) of total assets.
10/08/2020
Thai digital asset exchange ERX to launch digital tokens by year-end, report says
ERX is one of eight Thailand has eight licensed digital asset exchanges in Thailand.
10/08/2020
AMP Capital finances Nordic fibre expansion
Digital infrastructure has been one of the most compelling infrastructure sectors in recent years
10/08/2020
Japan telco SoftBank considering its carrier fees seriously - spokesman
Nikkei reported earlier that SoftBank said it is considering cutting fees.
10/07/2020
Will Janus Henderson and Invesco merge?
A merger between Janus Henderson and Invesco could deliver cost synergies of 5-10% of the merged cost base, according to Credit Suisse.
10/07/2020
Accenture buys NZ's Zag for $46m in first post-Covid acquisition
The deal roughly doubles Accenture's local staff.
10/07/2020
China Shares Flow Data from Digital Yuan Pilots
One of the additional functionalities included is the «e-yuan red packets» which was used to reward around 5,000 healthcare workers involved in the coronavirus treatment.
10/07/2020
Temasek establishes new multi-asset, multi-strategy asset management group
Existing asset management companies to be organised under new holding company, offering a broad range of products and investment strategies to clients
10/07/2020
Bridgewater launches second PFM product in China
The US-based hedge fund manager will apply its All Weather strategy to the new fund.
10/07/2020
ETFs struggle to gain traction in Malaysia
The main problem is that distributors have little incentive to market the products
10/07/2020
How super fund employees switched investments amid the volatility
UniSuper reinforced with the Parliamentary Committee that it had strict policies in place restricting the manner in which employees could undertake personal share trading or investment switching, particularly investment personnel.
10/07/2020
Super reforms modest negative for AMP, IOOF: Credit Suisse
Credit Suisse noted the caveat would be if IOOF or AMP funds get categorised as underperforming under the new APRA test.
10/07/2020
Queensland funds explore merger
LGIAsuper has $12 billion in total assets for 75,000 members as at June end.
10/07/2020
Singapore, SWIFT alliance seek to accelerate trade digitalization
Software will connect various platforms for exchange of electronic documents
10/07/2020
Taiwan pension fund investments recover from first-half loss
The National Pension Insurance Fund, which covers old age and disability protection, recorded the highest return of 3.05%.
10/07/2020
Philippine pension fund GSIS gives members new round of debt moratorium
The Philippines has the largest number of coronavirus cases in Southeast Asia.
10/07/2020
Benefits of pre-IPO trusts for companies listing on the Hong Kong stock exchange
While pre-IPO planning requires the expertise of numerous professional parties, their combined attention tends to be on ensuring the business is in the best possible position for listing.