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Longview Partners sets up local hub

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
A former Apostle Funds Management global distribution lead has been named head of APAC and Middle East for a London-based firm. The newly created role will see Kimon Kouryialas lead Longview Partners' growth strategy in the region. Kouryialas is ...

PIMCO recruits alternatives specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... asset managers and a strategic partner of US fintech CAIS. At AIPX, he played a crucial role in launching the Australian funds management business and leading the local distribution efforts for several global alternative managers. These include The Carlyle ...

Super moves: QIC, VFMC, ESSSuper, Aware Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... Meanwhile, a local property expert has left the United Arab Emirates to take up a role at QIC as a director of real estate funds management. Declan Walsh is currently a senior investment manager at Abu Dhabi Investment Authority He brings experience ...

Activist fund manager promotes three staffers

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... equity research analyst at UBS, Credit Suisse, and Jarden. Finally, Weick helps manage the capital, microcap and active funds as well as the unlisted founders fund, which launched in February. The fund will exclusively invest in companies where the founder ...

The top-performing (and worst) asset classes of the past year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... -6% - last year's poorest performing asset class. Other defensive assets like global listed infrastructure and hedge funds yielded returns of 13% and 9%, respectively.

Australian private capital sector totals $139bn: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... management (AUM) remained steady at $139 billion in 2024, with private equity, venture capital (VC), and private credit funds accounting for nearly half at $65 billion, according to the Australian Private Capital 2025 Yearbook. The report, compiled by ...

Franklin Templeton brings Lexington Partners PE fund down under

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... Canada and Latin America, it said. Franklin Templeton managing director of Australia and New Zealand Felicity Walsh said the funds now offer lower minimum investments and improved liquidity amid surging demand. "Australian investors are increasingly ...

Betashares launches fixed income ETFs

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... aim to make monthly distribution payments. In launching the range, Betashares said traditional fixed income ETFs and bond funds have been instrumental in opening access to the wholesale bond market. "However, they often fail to replicate the certainty ...

FAAA calls for stronger consumer protections in advice reforms

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025
... collective charging of retirement advice because it gives a substantial anti-competitive price advantage to other super funds compared with other providers of financial advice. It also cited that super funds' retirement products would be "substantially ...

Alternative real estate investment manager launches new fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025
... capabilities and access to quality investment opportunities." ASEAN capital currently accounts for about 15% of Zagga's funds under management, however the company is aiming to double this share within two years. To support this growth, the company has ...