INSTITUTIONAL INVESTMENTS

Big investors challenge miners over traditional owner consent

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Original article by Peter Ker
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 20 : 30-Oct-20

AustralianSuper and CBus are among the Australian investor signatories to an open letter to the world’s major mining companies. The letter was written in response to Rio Tinto’s destruction of ancient indigenous rock shelters at Juukan Gorge and subsequent revelations regarding its deficiencies in managing the controversy. The letter asks mining companies to assess the "genuineness" of the consents they have secured from traditional owners, and asks how they are managing cultural heritage risks. Apart from Rio, recipients of the letter with Australian mines include BHP, Newcrest, Evolution Mining, Fortescue Metals Group and OZ Minerals.

CORPORATES
AUSTRALIANSUPER PTY LTD, CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING UNIONS’ SUPERANNUATION FUND, RIO TINTO LIMITED – ASX RIO, BHP GROUP LIMITED – ASX BHP, NEWCREST MINING LIMITED – ASX NCM, EVOLUTION MINING LIMITED – ASX EVN, FORTESCUE METALS GROUP LIMITED – ASX FMG, OZ MINERALS LIMITED – ASX OZL, SOUTH32 LIMITED – ASX S32, NORTHERN STAR RESOURCES LIMITED – ASX NST, SARACEN MINERAL HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX SAR

Chinese giant snaps up Beatles

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Original article by James Dean
The Australian – Page: 3 : 2-Jan-20

A consortium led by Chinese internet company Tencent has signed a deal to buy 10 per cent of Universal Music Group, with an option to increase its stake to 20 per cent within a year. UMG, which is the world’s largest music label, is a unit of French company Vivendi, which also owns advertising group Havas and pay-TV company Canal+. The deal gives the Tencent-led consortium access to the back catalogues of Queen and the Beatles, along with artists such as Adele and Taylor Swift.

CORPORATES
TENCENT HOLDINGS LIMITED, UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP, VIVENDI SA, HAVAS, CANAL PLUS SA

Pressure mounts on hedge funds over fees

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Original article by James Thomson
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 20 : 24-Jul-17

Investors in hedge funds are seeking a better deal on fees, as well as more flexible fee structures, according to a survey by Credit Suisse. The survey, which encompassed upwards of 200 corporate investors, also found that just under 90 per cent of investors who had withdrawn monies from poorly performing hedge funds intended to reinvest in the sector, and that 57 per cent of hedge funds envisage at least a "moderate" increase in their allotment to quantitative strategies.

CORPORATES
CREDIT SUISSE AG