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Nest to acquire 10% stake in IFM Investors

ELIZA BAVIN, MATT TOLEDO  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2025
... "Our new partnership with IFM demonstrates our ongoing commitment to using every tool in our toolbox to boost our members' risk-adjusted returns," Nest chair Brendan McCafferty said. "Together with IFM, we'll be able to further enhance our sophisticated ...

Northern Trust scores mandate for $32bn infra business

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2025
... supports their end-to-end operating model by driving automation across the lifecycle of their funds, helping to mitigate risk and enhance efficiency to deliver a consistent approach that enables investor oversight." Meanwhile, Igneo managing partner ...

Future Fund reaches value of $237.9bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2025
The Future Fund has delivered an investment return of 12.2% - boosting its value to by $26 billion to $237.9 billion as of 31 December 2024. Total funds managed by Future Fund, including across its other investment funds, rose to $304.5 billion. In ...

ASIC initiates ASX outage probe

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025
ASIC has officially commenced an investigation into the ASX outage that occurred in late December. On 20 December 2024, the ASX experienced a "technical issue" on its CHESS Batch Settlement that disrupted and delayed several days' trade settlements. ...

TenCap hedge fund eyes $3bn AUM

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025
... most people's minds, they don't think of it in that way," he said. "Because the portfolio is run with very tight risk controls, it actually fits into the Australian equities bucket from an asset allocation perspective, not into hedge funds... ...

The regulatory pendulum has swung too far: FSC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2025
... tax penalties." Others sit with the government, such as streamlining the Foreign Investment Review Board processes for low-risk investments into Australia and reviewing and simplifying the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR). A review of the CSLR ...

ASX taps Westpac NZ chief risk officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2025
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has found a new chief risk officer, hiring from across the Tasman Sea. Westpac New Zealand chief risk officer Dirk McLiesh will join the ASX on March 3 following the retirement of Hamish Treleaven in September ...

VFMC wraps up leadership changes

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... portfolio design and executive manager of investments. As part of this overhaul, Mark Aarons, VFMC's head of investment risk and absolute returns, was promoted to head of asset classes, the largest of the four investment functions. "Since Mark Aarons' ...

Realm House hires from Plato

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... Realm Investment House. Simon Tung has been appointed portfolio manager within the boutique asset manager's strategy and risk division. Tung is tasked with overseeing macroeconomic analysis and the risk oversight of portfolios, including through ...

Australian Ethical loses super chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... Previous roles have included executive positions at Macquarie Bank and Rio Tinto. Back in 2005, Piper was head of corporate risk for Macquarie Group, providing oversight and direction for all non-financial aspects of risk management across the investment ...