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Private market deal activity set to persist amid high-rates: Aviva

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023
... consistent through the most recent spate of interest-rate hikes. The investment manager noted while illiquidity premia in real estate debt has tightened, leading to more refinancings than new deals, infrastructure debt has seen rising premia, with steady ...

MA Financial issues first RMBS

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023
MA Financial's lending business, MA Money, has completed its inaugural residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) issuance, amounting to $500 million. The transaction was initially launched at $400 million but was later increased due to high demand ...

TelstraSuper looks to Rest for portfolio manager

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023
... Consulting. The super fund said Lewis is not replacing anyone - that he is taking on a new role that expands the alternatives and real assets team. "We're delighted that Owen has joined our team," TelstraSuper head of alternative investments and ...

ASX awards settlement, clearing mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023
The ASX awarded a mandate to a global technology firm that will deliver a product-based clearing and settlement solution so it can proceed with the next phase of the CHESS replacement. The bourse has entered into an agreement with Mumbai-based TATA ...

Stockland recruits AMP Capital real estate lead

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023
... role, having spent 14 years at LendLease and eight years at AMP Capital. Most recently, she served as its global head of real estate, departing in September following its acquisition by Dexus. Meantime, Andrew Whitson has been appointed chief executive ...

Allianz Retire+ heavyweight jumps ship

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023
... runs a business-to-consumer business. Removing hurdles As for the retirement scene, Thornton said the industry now has a real focus on the decumulation part of the superannuation market. "We've got many chief retirement officers and similar roles ...

Aussie investors optimistic about returns

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023
... transparency issues, and inexperience," it said. Investors are drawn to familiar private asset instruments like private equity and real estate, while showing less interest in complex or opaque options such as microfinance or private debt. The study revealed ...

Super funds missing out on rich returns from Aussie agriculture

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023
Global pension funds are increasing investments in Australian agriculture, the nation's second-largest real estate sector, prompting Warakirri Asset Management managing director Jim McKay to question the relative absence of superannuation funds. Warakirri ...

Wages growth reaches unsustainable level: Mousina

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023
... are so important in terms of the signalling impact they have on the rest of the market," she said. Despite the record high, real wage growth remains in negative territory. "Before the pandemic, we struggled to grow wages above 2%. At that time, inflation ...

APAC looks to data-driven future: State Street

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2023
Over 80% of institutions globally expect sizeable opportunities to emerge from enhanced data management and usage, according to State Street's latest report. The State Street Data Opportunity Study, conducted in the third quarter of the year, analysed ...