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Funds management in ASIC spotlight

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... for yield (starved of that yield in government bond markets) are moving to where others retreat (the banks) from private debt." Chester said investment funds have become overly complex, and that, combined with old fashioned product disclosure, has made ...

Ares readies second credit fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
... Ares Diversified Credit Fund will use an open-ended structure, similar to Revolution Asset Management's last private debt fund. It will invest in private and public credit assets, and mainly directly originated loans, syndicated loans, corporate ...

Willis Towers Watson director departs for LIC

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... shareholders access to alternative investment opportunities, comprising of real assets, private equity, real estate, private debt and infrastructure; providing diversification to equity holdings. The fund currently invests in water rights, venture capital ...

Real opportunity for super funds in private assets: Schroders

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
... therefore, an increase in the spreads." Smith said there was an increase in spreads across all levels of the Australian private debt market when COVID-19 hit Australian shores. "Superannuation funds have a big benefit versus banks and insurance companies ...

Instos dial up alternatives allocations

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... and the illiquidity premium (43%) are also driving instos to seek shelter in the asset class. More specifically, private debt is the most popular investment vehicle. Over half (52%) plan to increase allocations to private debt over the next three to ...

Sydney boutique wins $300m QIC mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... boutique co-founded by three former Challenger investors has won a $300 million mandate from QIC to co-invest in local private debt. Revolution Asset Management will originate and manage Australia and New Zealand private debt from QIC via the co-investment ...

Schroders appoints head of private debt

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
Schroders has hired from RBC to appoint a head of private debt for Australia, as it builds out a private assets offering for local investors. Nicole Kidd was previously RBC's head of corporate banking Australia and institutional client management ...

Asset managers still bearish, but less so

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... proportion of new investor mandates, it said, with asset managers increasingly interested in real estate, infrastructure, private debt and private equity assets. Private market strategies represented 48% of searches initiated during the last 12 months ...

Former Aberdeen duo back with Sydney boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... Full-time hires are not a priority at the moment. Bishop was most recently employed at Gresham,but left after its private debt strategy did not get traction with institutionals who were looking for a product with greater yield, that the team did not ...

Partners Group hires from GSFM

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... fund, a fund that invests in sub-asset classes of private equity, an unlisted real estate fund and an ASX-listed private debt closed ended fund. Partners Group Global Value Fund, which invests in private equity sub-asset classes was launched in the local ...