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Investment managers enter 'paradox' in 2026: Deloitte

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2025
Deloitte's 2026 investment management outlook report said the investment management industry will face a paradox in 2026: elusive profit growth, yet the opportunity for differentiation has never been greater. The report said investors who continue to ...

ASX-listed companies at breaking point: Alvarez & Marsal

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2025
... all-time high." Additionally, for businesses carrying heavy debt, the pressure continues to mount, as many are looking at alternative methods to keep up with interest payments; interest rate relief is too shallow and has come too late for them. Economic ...

NGS Super backs Gresham House forestry platform

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2025
Specialist alternative asset manager Gresham House has completed the first close of its Sustainable International Forestry Strategy Platform. It secured over $440 million in commitments, including an investment from NGS Super. Driven by a nationwide ...

Why a single insto client is a massive business risk

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
The closures of several active fund managers following the loss of a major mandate has underscored the importance of having a diversified client base, as one $2.2 billion manager warns this has become a substantial business risk. This year alone saw ...

FEATURE: Private credit | At the precipice

GLENDA KORPORAAL  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... superannuation sector and the country's affluent high net worth investors. Tim Warrick, managing director and group head of alternative credit with Principal Asset Management, says there are now a wide variety of investors in Australia who are investing ...

Aussie executive tapped for top Kiwi job

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... both the institutional and wholesale markets. Before that, he spent nine years at Morningstar, running the firm's alternative investment funds. Before that, he did a stint as a senior analyst at Ellerston Capital, following a move from London, where ...

AMP to pay $29m to settle class action

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... clients that they could obtain substantially equivalent or better insurance policies than the AMP life products from alternative insurers for lower premiums." The class action was seeking compensation for excess premiums paid by group members, commissions ...

Nuveen brings global real estate strategy to Australia

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2025
... Through the Nuveen Global Cities Private Real Estate Fund, we're continuing to democratise access to high-quality, alternative investment strategies, for Australian wholesale investors." Channel Investment Management Limited is the trustee and manager ...

AMP launches new series of funds

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... investors' choices in how they access our investment expertise. And we always start with client need." The SouthPeak Alternative Alpha Fund is also available in the platform. The fund maintains a low correlation to traditional asset classes like ...

Pallas Capital plots WA expansion with two executive appointments

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... (CRE) sector, having collectively funded over $2 billion in transactions. The move underscores the growing demand for alternative funding solutions in the state's CRE market and reinforces the firm's national loan origination capability, Pallas Capital ...