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Former Schroders chief joins private markets firm

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2024
... growth. Hallinan's appointment follows several recent hires, including Scott Dingle, the former local head of private equity at Partners Group, Peeyush Gupta and Richard Gregson from Equity Partners. Before his two years as chief of Schroders, Hallinan ...

Why active managers are falling behind in emerging markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2024
... found while single factor strategies have proven to be effective in achieving excess returns over the long term in the equity markets of developed countries like the US and UK, they don't have the same efficacy in emerging markets equities. According ...

Institutional investors shift gears amid 'new market regime'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... who have robust experience" sourcing the most attractive opportunities. The second theme was private credit and private equity being prioritised as well as growing allocations to alternatives. Over the next five years, 59% of investors in APAC plan to ...

Investors being influenced by the 'Powell pivot'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... be considered with care when investors are determining the sizing of the investment grade portfolio versus high yield or equity exposures. For instance, it may be appropriate to have a larger allocation to IG bonds than an index-based SAA model would ...

Lombard Odier brings plastic circularity fund down under

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
... backing from the sovereign wealth fund of Monaco, among others. The LOIM Plastic Circularity Fund (Australia), a private equity offering, is being made available to wholesale and institutional investors via AFM Investment Partners. Equity Trustees will ...

Treasury releases draft legislation for new $3m super tax

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
... an already complex superannuation legislative framework. What is proposed is counter to both horizontal and vertical tax equity principles." The SMSFA also claimed the model could result in those who have significant super savings escaping the tax entirely. ...

Policymakers face significant challenge in regulating AI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
... after the PC, internet and mobile phones, and this view hasn't changed," he said. "We believe AI will be the key driver of equity markets over the next decade, significantly impacting the labour market, productivity and sector concentration, as well ...

GQG builds private markets unit on PAC stakes

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024
... Cordillera Investment Partners. It was only in 2023 that PAC acquired stakes of 24.9% in Avante, a private credit and structured equity investment management firm, and 16.4% in Cordillera, a private equity manager. In 2019, PAC bought a stake in Proterra ...

PGIM launches new platform in Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024
... PGIM manages US$310 billion in private alternative strategies across real estate, agriculture, private credit, and private equity.

MFS Investment Management appoints chief investment officer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024
... American in 2016, took on a diversified portfolio management role in 2018, and was appointed co-chief investment officer of equity in 2020. "She [O'Neil] brings valuable investment knowledge across industries and sectors to her role as chief investment ...