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Soros hands the reins to son

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2023
... $2.2 billion annually to groups that promote democracy. It controls the majority of assets managed by Soros' family office. Alexander Soros, who goes by Alex, said the family's philanthropic enterprise will "boost its support for voting and abortion ...

Epsilon launches second Australian fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023
Epsilon Direct Lending has launched its second corporate direct lending fund with the backing of a multi-family office. The Epsilon Direct Lending Senior Loan Fund leans into growing investor demand for Australian conservative private credit strategies. ...

King's birthday honours for industry executives

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023
... Foundation alongside his wife Carol as a vehicle for the family's philanthropic ventures (through the Schwartz Family Office). Former Aware Super board member and trustee Steer has been a longstanding leader in the not-for-profit sector in Australia ...

Dexus, Partners Wealth Group airport fund to take off

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023
Partners Wealth Group has joined forces with Dexus to offer wholesale buyers the opportunity to invest in Melbourne Airport through its new APAC Wholesale Airports Fund. The fund, dubbed WAF, also provides exposure to the Australia Pacific Airports ...

Family offices look to infrastructure for alpha

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
... investors said they were disappointed with the asset class' performance. One chief investment officer of an unnamed family office commented: "There's a lot of equity long/short, which is just equity beta. We pay a lot for it; it hasn't helped us. So ...

Family offices ignoring $3.5tn time bomb: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023
Echoing similar findings by UBS, KPMG has found that of the estimated 70% of Australian businesses that are family-run, only 30% have an established succession plan. This comes into focus with a $3.5 trillion intergenerational wealth transfer expected ...

Family office goals at odds with reality: UBS

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2023
... to ensure that, with only 42% having a wealth succession plan in place. That's according to the latest UBS Global Family Office Report, which found the lack of a succession plan to be most common among smaller family offices or those with less than US$250 ...

MA Financial establishes Singapore office

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2023
... footprint in Asia, soon opening the doors to a Singapore office in a bid to attract more ultra-high-net-worth and family office clients. Speaking with Financial Standard, MA Financial head of asset management Andrew Martin said the move is part of the ...

Blackwattle Investment Partners debuts

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2023
... six years of capital backing and plans for four fund launches come July. Already, investors include Perth's Mimaro Family Office and the Wall Family Office, as well as private investors William Taylor and Kemper Shaw, former NAB and Tattarang executive ...

EG expands into private debt market

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2023
EG Funds and Msquared Capital have joined forces to offer investors the opportunity to diversify into the private debt market to service capital products for property sites across the country. Initially, the joint venture will engage wholesale investors ...