02/04/2022
China dominated M&A activity with 2,179 deals, including a $111.5 billion merger between Sichuan Railway Investment Group and Sichuan Transportation Investment Group – last year’s largest deal worldwide.
02/03/2022
Over the last five years I have seen various rule changes that advisers need to keep up to date with from the ATO and HMRC respectively.
02/01/2022
Irongate Group targeted by Charter Hall managed partnership
The partnership of Charter Hall and PGGM would fund the proposal from existing financial resources, including existing cash and undrawn and new debt facilities, and both entities had already received approvals from their relevant board and investment comm
02/01/2022
Ping An Life Insurance Gets Approved to Restructure New Founder Group
In accordance with the Restructuring Investment Agreement and the selection of the debt repayment plan by the creditors of the restructuring entities, Ping An Life will pay approximately RMB 48.2 billion to acquire approximately 66.51% equity interest in
02/01/2022
The deal follows a difficult few years for VGI Partners, which has suffered long bouts of underperformance
01/31/2022
VGI’s ticker and name was anticipated to change to reflect the combined business.
01/31/2022
“The upgraded earnings guidance has been driven to a large extent by continuing strong investment property markets producing significant valuation growth and leading to higher FY22 management and performance fees,”
01/28/2022
New Zealand’s Smartshares first in world to get OK for Asia Region Fund Passport
New Zealand introduced regulations for the passport that same year, and Smartshares has been working with government agencies, including the New Zealand Financial Markets Authority, to complete the application process, NZX says.
01/28/2022
China Weighs Breaking Up Evergrande to Contain Property Crisis
The government is looking at selling the bulk of the firm’s assets under a restructuring proposal.
01/27/2022
Vietnam’s VinaCapital named investment adviser for Taiwan’s Jih Sun Vietnam fund
“In a new, developing market like Vietnam, it is important to have a trusted partner, and we are pleased to be working with VinaCapital,”
01/26/2022
Japan’s Sumitomo Life buys A$120 million of Dutch bank BNG’s sustainability bonds
The Dutch Social Housing Association, which primarily provides affordable rentals to lower income people, will also draw down on the proceeds to improve sustainability of residential areas, Sumitomo Life says.
01/26/2022
Those inflows drove assets up 78.4% in the nine months through September from 190 billion RMB at the end of 2020.
01/25/2022
batteries, sensors and semiconductors. “Electric vehicles and future mobility solutions will change our world and lives indelibly, help make our future more sustainable, making this a compelling investment for investors globally to consider,”
01/25/2022
The rise in funds under management was helped by market appreciation, which contributed 45% of the total annual growth, and net inflows of $23.3 billion thanks to the number of Australian investors into ETFs rising by 33% during the year.
01/25/2022
The fund house increased its market share in debt funds to 14.6% in December 2021 compared to 13.8% last year.
01/25/2022
Japan’s first Australian Government Bond ETFs* To be listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange 17 February
01/24/2022
“With the successful completion of the transaction, ARA’s diversified business is combined with ESR’s platform under a unified ESR brand, uniquely positioning the group to capitalise on the largest secular trends in Asia Pacific,”
01/24/2022
Bell Asset Management said the inclusion to the FirstChoice Investment menu reflected the growing demand it was seeing for this strategy from advisers seeking to diversify away from mega cap global equities.
01/24/2022
Passive products represented most flows, making up 92%.
01/24/2022
It excluded industries and companies that the manager believed did not conform to the fund’s impact mandate, such as fossil fuels, tobacco, gambling/ casinos, and for-profit prison companies.