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Private equity will become bigger than hedge funds: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
... have a $7 trillion slice of the pie, followed by hedge funds ($4.9 trillion). The research house also thinks that private debt and infrastructure will double in size, reaching $1.9tn and $1.4tn in assets respectively. "Key drivers of growth include the ...

Billionaire investor says markets in late cycle but anything possible

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
... call it - it can still go either up or sideways or down. What changes is the odds." Oaktree Capital invests in distressed debt and the turning markets cycles have yielded the firm's best buying opportunities and returns, Marks said. "The six years ...

IFM Investors expands to Switzerland

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
... teams in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia that manage institutional strategies across infrastructure (equity and debt), debt investments, listed equities and private equities.

Afterpay faces senate inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... financially stressed Australians. Labor senator Jenny McAllister said yesterday that the inquiry will put the spotlight on "debt vultures" and companies that operate on a "buy now, pay later" model. The motion comes off the back of the Hayne Royal Commission ...

Chief economist update: Still the lucky country?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... whether the present "challenges" would morph into something akin to the global financial crisis or the European sovereign debt crisis of recent past, or the Asian currency crisis of the late 1990's. Still, didn't Australia survive 'em all ...

Qualitas seizes non-bank financing opportunities

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
Amid the major banks lowering their lending participation rates, Qualitas sees a boom in the private debt real estate segment over the medium term. Speaking at a media briefing on Monday, Qualitas group managing director Andrew Schwartz said private ...

Real estate investment manager bolsters debt team

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
... billion real estate investment manager added a former KPMG senior analyst to cater for growth in its commercial real estate debt business. Nicholas Lim will link with TH Real Estate's debt strategies team. Joining the firm as an analyst, Lim will ...

New Pinnacle affiliate to manage Blue Sky LIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
... where it will look for "best of the breed" asset managers in the alternatives space for AMF's assets. It will add private debt and infrastructure investment opportunities to AMF's portfolio. The target performance for the fund is 8-12% in total ...

Chief economist update: Bull markets don't die of old age

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but Trump's continued criticisms wouldn't hurt me! US President Donald Trump has blamed the Fed for sparking the recent sell-off on Wall Street as well as threatening to undo the "good" for the economy that ...

Advice is valuable but advocacy issues abound

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... findings from the white paper was that in general, people who receive financial advice pay less tax, have little to no bad debt and have their money working harder for them." However, the white paper also highlighted the advocacy difficulties facing ...