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Why emotions, cash derail good investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2025
... learning the lessons from 2022, Ward recalls the impact of cost shocks followed by a fiscal stimulus, noting that alternatives shone during that period and that the asset class had the "best performing assets" amid inflation. Financial Standard was a ...

Super moves: Future Fund, WTW

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... sovereign bonds, inflation-linked bonds, corporate credit, and emerging market debt, in addition to overseeing liquid alternatives. Earlier in his career, James held positions as a senior investment analyst, assistant portfolio manager, and investment ...

Managed funds should be 'prepared to take less'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... place for active management, the fees in the space outweigh the performance of the product when there are plenty of alternatives available. "Active management is not dead. There is absolutely a case for active management, and the active manager will ...

Alternatives spark 'real' opportunities for HNW advisers

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... follows the company's recent report on HNW clients leaning towards investing in non-custody assets, which include alternatives. Praemium revealed a surge in appetite for alternatives, showing that just under a quarter of Australia's HNW investors (22%) ...

PIMCO recruits alternatives specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
PIMCO, one of the world's largest fixed-income investment managers, has strengthened its private wealth team with a new hire. Lachlan Pullar has joined PIMCO and reports to David Orazio, the recently appointed Australian head of global wealth management. ...

Franklin Templeton brings Lexington Partners PE fund down under

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... thrilled to expand Franklin Templeton's private market capabilities for our wealth clients and launch our second alternatives fund for Australian investors." Lexington partner John Lee added that underscores the firm's commitment in delivering ...

Future Fund muscles past annual target return, lags in March quarter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... allocation, totalling $80 billion, primarily in developed markets. Other substantial exposures include $36 billion in alternatives, $33 billion in private equity, $26 billion in Australian equities, and $25 billion in infrastructure and timberland, and ...

TWG Global takes stake in Mubadala Capital

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
... portfolio includes sports franchises such as the LA Dodgers, LA Lakers and Chelsea FC. Meantime, Mubadala Capital is the alternatives division of the $515 billion (US$330bn) Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Company. Under the deal ...

Escala launches alternatives platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2025
Escala Partners will launch a dedicated end-to-end alternatives investment platform. The platform has been designed in partnership with One Investment Group, and will will offer bespoke solutions to optimise operational workflows, including document ...

Longreach poaches CFS wealth director

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
Longreach Alternatives has hired Katerina Skulskaya, a former director at Colonial First State Investments, to strengthen its fundraising efforts. Based in Brisbane, Skulskaya will cover private wealth and family office clients for Longreach Capital ...