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Kenya to establish sovereign wealth fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... limited in terms of what it can invest in. The exclusions include speculative derivatives, unlisted real estate, private equity, art and commodities. The fund is to be managed by the Kenya Sovereign Wealth Fund Board, headquartered in Nairobi. It will ...

M&A makes rebound, creating higher-value deals: Deloitte

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
... programs. Regulation has also become "less of an issue" since the Royal Commission, while rising interest from private equity funds is becoming a significant competitor to corporate groups and credit funds, the report said. "For example, the US-based ...

Russell Investments launches private markets offering

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
... clients exposure to private assets. The Cornerstone Private Markets Managed Portfolio offers an advised pathway into private equity, private credit and real assets. The minimum initial investment of $25,000 gives investors access to a separately managed ...

Super funds raise stakes in US investments to US$1.44tn

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... this is invested in US equities and bonds, on top of significant investments in US infrastructure, real estate and private equity. At an event to celebrate BHP's 140th anniversary this week, US Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum said: "To the ...

Strategic partnerships focus for global family businesses: Deloitte

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... in the next year. While 51% of businesses said they will reinvest retained earnings, 49% of them are looking for private equity investments. Another 43% are looking for equity financing, bringing attention to how family businesses plan on structuring ...

Federated Hermes to acquire majority interest in FCP

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... will enable Federated Hermes to advance its offerings in private markets and alternatives within the US, across private equity, private credit, infrastructure and real estate, and market neutral strategies. These amount to about US$19 billion in assets ...

APAC insurers favour multi-alternatives strategies: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... situations/opportunistic (38%) and infrastructure debt (37%). Conversely, insurers sought to decrease allocations to private equity (24%), real estate equity (21%) and real estate debt (20%). Across the region, BlackRock deputy head of Asia Pacific Hiro ...

Pinnacle acquires stake in Advantage Partners

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
Pinnacle Investment Management will acquire a stake in Advantage Partners, a private equity investor from Japan, for $92 million. Pinnacle will own up to 13% of Advantage Partners over a three-year period. The first stage will acquire a 5% stake for ...

Australian Ethical appoints chief operating officer

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... officer at Colonial First State (CFS) for two years following the separation from Commonwealth Bank and sale to private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR). McMurdo said: "I'm delighted that Anthony will be joining our business at this exciting ...

Capital Group takes stake in Qualitas

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2025
... under management (FUM) at the end of June, of which 83% is in real estate private credit and 17% is in real estate private equity. ASX-listed REIT, the Qualitas Real Estate Income Fund (QRI), now has $1 billion in FUM. In 2023-24, Qualitas secured an ...