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Telstra flags ditching venture capital arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024
Telstra's US$1 billion start-up incubator has rebranded to Titanium Ventures as the telco giant looks to ditch the venture capital space. Telstra Ventures, a subsidiary of Telstra founded in 2011, overnight announced it has rebranded to Titanium ...

Hamilton Lane closes largest raise at $8.4bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024
Hamilton Lane announced the final closing of Hamilton Lane Secondary Fund VI with US$5.6 billion (AU$8.4 billion) in commitments, marking the largest fundraise in the firm's history. Fund VI materially exceeded its original US$5 billion target, seeing ...

Lazard enters local ETF industry with infra offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024
Lazard Asset Management is now offering ETFs in Australia, kicking off with a global listed infrastructure active ETF. Commencing trading on Cboe today, the Lazard Global Listed Infrastructure Active ETF (GIFL) is a unit class of the $2 billion Lazard ...

Clearway wins distribution mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024
Clearway Capital Solutions has partnered with a global fund manager to bring Asia-focused strategies to local wholesale and institutional investors. The distribution specialist is taking Matthews International to the Australian and New Zealand markets. ...

Brookfield bids for majority stake in Neoen

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2024
Brookfield and its institutional partners have lobbed a bid to acquire a 53% majority stake in French renewable energy company Neoen from current owners, including Impala, the investment vehicle of French entrepreneur Jacques Veyrat and his family ...

DWS names APAC chief investment officer, real estate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024
DWS appointed Matthias Naumann as chief investment officer, real estate in Asia Pacific as a sign of its ambitions in the region. Naumann will relocate to Sydney from Frankfurt to Sydney to take on the role, marking the first time DWS has had an 'on ...

GSFM to distribute new strategy in Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2024
Investment fund distributor GSFM has partnered with Alantra Asset Management to bring its €1.3 billion listed European small and mid-cap strategy (EQMC) to Australia. The strategy will be available to institutional, wholesale, and family office investors. ...

Budget 2024: $20k instant asset write-off extended

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
The Federal Budget has extended the $20,000 instant asset write-off by 12 months until 30 June 2025. Small businesses, with an aggregated annual turnover of less than $10 million, will continue to be able to immediately deduct the full cost of eligible ...

Blue Owl hires from Fidelity for APAC private wealth lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024
Blue Owl Capital has announced the hiring of Johann Santer as a managing director and head of APAC private wealth, effective immediately. Santer will be based in the company's Hong Kong office reporting to Sean Connor, president and chief executive ...

Macquarie Group profits falls 32% to $3.52bn

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2024
Macquarie Group has reported a net profit of $3.52 billion for the year ending 31 March 2024, a 32% decrease from the previous year. The firm's assets under management increased to $938.3 billion, up 7% from 31 March 2023, but primarily due to favourable ...