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Nuveen reaches $650m in commitments for local RE debt strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
The $1.3 trillion asset manager has received $300 million from the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) for its Australian real estate debt strategy. CPP Investments has contributed $300 million through CPPIB Credit Investments ...

Rest appoints chief member officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
The $93 billion superannuation fund has named a chief member officer, taking over from August 25. Rest has appointed Simone Van Veen as chief member officer, taking over from general manager, brand and member experience Andrew Ford who stepped in as ...

Super funds' private market assets grow to $400bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
Superannuation funds had $400 billion invested in private market assets, jumping 34% in the two years to June 2024, Rainmaker Information analysis of APRA data shows. Private real assets, classified as unlisted investments in property and infrastructure ...

Labor proposes changes to ancillary funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
Labor is proposing several reforms to giving or ancillary funds that include increasing the annual distribution rate and smoothing out minimal distributions over three years. In the consultation paper Giving fund reforms: Distribution rate and smoothing ...

ASIC sues Australian Unity for TMD failure

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
ASIC is suing Australian Unity Funds Management for allegedly failing to ensure retail investors fit the suitable target market for its investment product, the Select Income Fund. ASIC is looking at the period between 5 October 2021 and 5 October 2023 ...

Financial Standard names Investment Manager of the Year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... respectively. Perpetual won in fixed income (aggregate bonds and credit/absolute return) with its Perpetual Active Fixed Interest Fund - Class A and Perpetual Diversified Income Fund - Class A, respectively. Vanguard took the international equities (indexed/enhanced) ...

State Street's plan for power, product, partnerships

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) is the largest asset management firm in Australia by locally sourced assets under management (AUM) - by some margin - though few realise. With nearly $500 billion in local assets under its watch, mostly via institutional ...

Perpetual mulls tie up with Partners Group

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
Perpetual is mulling a partnership with Partners Group's Australian arm to develop products and investment strategies for public and private assets. Signing a letter of intent, the two parties hope to collaborate on launching investment vehicles or ...

King's honours list recognises excellence in super, finance

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
The 2025 King's Birthday honours list featured several heavyweights from the superannuation, funds management and sustainable investing sectors. A superannuation fund investments chief was one of the recipients of the highly coveted Medal of the ...

Super funds to take stock of information security controls

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... the adequacy and effectiveness of their controls. This involves an auditor - either existing or specially engaged by the fund - to provide a report on the matters specified by APRA and their compliance with regulatory requirements and the fund's ...