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GCI welcomes investment director

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024
Robert Grajczyk will join the private credit funds specialist as investment director of its real estate capital solutions team. Global Credit Investments' (GCI) real estate offering, which launched in October, specialises in delivering credit solutions ...

Norway's oil fund returns 16% in 2023

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
... fund has reversed its fortunes, clocking a 16.1% return for 2023 following the -14% it recorded the previous year. Norges Bank Investment Management reported the Government Pension Fund Global raked in a return of $322 billion for the year, largely driven ...

JPMAM partners with NZ wealth firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2024
... services more than 65,000 clients. In 2015, CIP acquired a 40% stake in Wilson HTM, which is now Wilson Advisory, while Deutsche Bank gained a 20% share. It marked CIP's first expansion in Australia. One year later, CIP and Wilson shareholders increased ...

Tokenisation is the future: Northern Trust

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2024
... in transforming the fund's lifecycle. "While many jurisdictions have started to launch pilots or experiences with central bank digital currencies (CBDC), their use has not reached the level of mainstream adoption," sleep said. "Besides CBDCs, other firms ...

Industry leaders celebrate Australia Day honours

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024
Leaders in financial services and superannuation were among the many to grace the highly coveted Australia Day 2024 Honours List, recognised for services in their respected fields and to the community. Some 1042 Australians received top honours across ...

Aware Super, ART hire member service heads

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024
... super funds in terms of putting customers at the centre of everything. She spent eight years with the Bendigo and Adelaide Bank which has long held the title of the most trusted bank in Australia and topped customer satisfaction surveys. With a profit-for-purpose ...

Interest rates drive adviser conversations in 2024

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024
... clients. Economists remain divided on which direction interest rates will take in 2024 or if they will move at all. Commonwealth Bank predicts the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will drop the base rate by 0.75% from September in the hope inflation returns ...

ISPT fills newly created head of mandates role, announces departures

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2024
ISPT has appointed Doug Cain as head of mandates, a newly created position, commencing in March. Cain previously served as the head of unlisted property at the Future Fund, where he spearheaded the Australian sovereign wealth fund's global real estate ...

VanEck to unveil private credit ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2024
VanEck is scheduled to launch a new exchange-traded fund (ETF) that invests in private credit companies. The VanEck Global Listed Private Credit (AUD Hedged) ETF will start trading as LEND on the ASX on February 2. LEND will track the LPX Listed Private ...

Gannet Capital increases Touch Ventures stake

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2024
Gannet Capital now owns 19.99% of the venture capital group, with Glenn Poswell taking up a board seat. Touchcorp, a subsidiary of Block Inc., sold its 19.99% interest in the company, with Gannet Capital buying up most of its shares. It brings Gannet ...