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US financial market dominance can't last indefinitely: MSCI

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... slowdown" in distributions reflects that many assets are being held - let's say, private equity positions - at valuations investors are struggling to find buyers for. "At the start of this year, there was a lot of optimism that there would be a revival ...

Super moves: QIC, VFMC, ESSSuper, Aware Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... Lend Lease, he hunted for deals and managed the due diligence process for acquisitions. At JLL, Walsh sat with the valuations and advisory team. After four years at Aware Super, ESG manager Louise Bradshaw has switched superannuation funds. She has joined ...

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

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... listed property returned a "modest" 4% for the year, while Australian direct property, which suffered due to lagged valuations, returned -6% - last year's poorest performing asset class. Other defensive assets like global listed infrastructure and ...

Australian private capital sector totals $139bn: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... level at $45 billion since 2022. Preqin blamed global slowdown in fundraising and deal-making, as well as falling asset valuations as the factors behind the sluggishness. However, the report found that investors from both Australia and New Zealand, as ...

Global X China Tech ETF in the works

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
... technology ETF, citing the country's shift from policy planning to delivery, stabilising fundamentals and depressed valuations, while also emphasising the critical nature of selective exposure. Ahead of the launch of the Global X China Tech ETF (ASX ...

REITs see best start versus equities in a decade: Principal AM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
... market rotation." Rush added that the current investment case for REITs rests on two ingredients already in place, cheap valuations and positive fundamentals. However, what's been missing in recent years, is the third, and often most important ingredient ...

Mantis to distribute new micro cap offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
... said. "We see this part of the market as very under-researched and below the radar of the passive investor cohort. Valuations are as attractive as I have seen across my career." Farwerck added: "Our ability to maintain continuity with our previous portfolio ...

Institutional capital returns to retail real estate after hiatus

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
... "passing the inflection point" as market conditions improve, citing low vacancy rates, strong sales, and more attractive valuations. Also, retailers' capacity for rental growth has improved, signalling a "solid foundation for investment." The report ...

Russell Investments, Reach Alts team up to expand private market access

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
... platform. The fund has a minimum investment of $25,000 and offers quarterly redemptions, in line with quarterly asset valuations, following a one-year lock-up period. The structure is intended to align with the long-term nature and lower liquidity of ...

ASIC tiptoes around private markets intervention

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
... regulator's radar. "Or is there a role for the state to pull levers to say, 'we need to be standardising that approach to valuations, or we need to be raising expectations on some element of corporate governance?'," he said. "From my perspective ...