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Blackwattle to take over Watermark fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2023
... companies' extension' strategy (130/30). This strategy will focus more on smaller companies and retain higher market exposures though the investment cycle. Blackwattle said the new investment manager can reduce market risk under the revised mandate by ...

AAT overturns ASIC ban on investment guru

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2023
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) has nullified ASIC's ban on Dominique Grubisa, an investment guru and DG Institute founder, from participating in credit activities and financial services. In 2022, Grubisa was banned for four years after ...

Interest rates, liquidity top of mind for Future Fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023
... our PE book to bring down our venture capital in 2020-21. And we haven't been adding property in the portfolio even though we were actively selling to get it down to these kinds of levels," she said. The fund held some 30.4% in equities, of which ...

Fidelity finds key barriers in Australian estate planning

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023
... of confidence around how much money is required to support a desired lifestyle throughout retirement," the report said. Though interestingly, despite acknowledging that superannuation is meant for retirement spending, most respondents asserted their ...

MaxCap, Australian Unity in social infrastructure partnership

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2023
The real-estate investment manager has joined forces with Australian Unity and UniLodge to develop $1 billion of new purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) assets across Australia. The social infrastructure strategy is focused on meeting the increasing ...

I can only apologise: PwC boss

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023
... very large portion of your budget that goes to partner payments," she flagged. "You are living inside a series of havens, though you look like a corporation and act like one, which means that you are not transparent. You do not give clear information ...

NAB to pay $2.1m for knowingly overcharging customers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2023
... years after being made aware of the error. The amount of $2.1 million is the maximum penalty applicable to such conduct, though this was labelled "without question, woefully insufficient." Between at least 20 July 2007 and 22 February 2019, NAB's ...

No bubble risk in Sydney housing market: UBS

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2023
... triggered a new sharp price correction, and inflation-adjusted prices are back to 2018 levels. "Further downside is limited though, as foreign demand has been improving," UBS said. "Amid robust rental growth and lower household leverage, imbalances declined ...

Pacific Current Group buys into fund manager

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023
Pacific Current Group (PAC) has purchased a stake in LA-based private credit and structured equity investment management firm Avante Capital Partners (Avante). The 24.9% equity interest in Avante cost PAC about $61 million, with $23 million to be paid ...

Gender parity in funds management stalls

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023
... internally. Otherwise, there's a risk of a merry-go-round of female managers while overall industry numbers remain static." Though, Alpha Female project editor Margaryta Kirakosian warned that meaningful progress is unlikely as long as the asset management ...