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TPG co-founder David Bonderman dies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2024
David Bonderman, the co-founder of global alternatives investor TPG, passed away this week. Bonderman, affectionately known as 'Bondo' to many, was also founder of Wildcat Capital Management, the Bonderman family office, and owner of National Hockey ...

Unemployment drops below 4%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024
... percentage points higher than March 2020." VanEck head of investments and capital markets Russel Chesler said the low unemployment may push back hopes for an interest rate cut early next year. "A spike in the unemployment rate would be a red flag for ...

Wellington client exec departs

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024
... office as a regional business manager for the investment platform. Davies is understood to be retiring from full-time work, but may return to the industry in a non-executive or part-time capacity after taking a break over the next year, including some ...

Venture capital exits expected to grow in 2025: Preqin

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024
... months, up from 40% in the 2023 survey. "The outlook for venture capital is better going into 2025. Falling rates in the US may prompt an improvement in performance and exits," Preqin global head of research insights Cameron Joyce said. "We expect early-stage ...

Active Super transfers members to Challenger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024
... with about $29 billion in funds under management and 170,000 members. The two funds signed a successor fund transfer deed in May this year, around the time the merger was originally expected to have finalised.

RBA 'paves way' for February rate cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024
... asked about the sentiment change, and she confirmed that it was an intentional move. "The dovish pivot that observers thought may follow last week's woeful Q3 GDP print has been laid out in [the] statement," Sycamore said. "While it would be premature ...

GQG raises $145m for private markets fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024
... and bringing additional talent into the business. The equity raise follows GQG having acquired stakes in three boutiques in May; Proterra Investment Partners, Cordillera Investment Partners and Avante Capital Partners as seed investments from Pacific ...

Eyes on gaming, Chinese tech in 2025: Orbis

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024
... According to tradition, the Switch 2 - expected to launch in mid-2025 - will not perform well. However, Marais believes it may well defy the odds. "We believe that there are some good reasons to think that the next hardware platform is likely to be quite ...

RBA to meet for final 2024 rate decision

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2024
... additional financial support received from Stage 3 tax cuts. However, illion's data also found that, although the tax cuts may have helped many average households service their debts, it hasn't yet had the same impact on high risk and vulnerable groups ...

Investment habits of the generations revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2024
... multitude of information sources and often feel empowered to navigate investment opportunities, but this self-assuredness may mask a lack of deeper financial literacy and experience, particularly in areas like portfolio diversification," Fidelity international ...