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Navigator takes stake in 1315 Capital

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
ASX-listed Navigator Global Investments (NGI) has acquired a stake in the US private equity firm that has US$1 billion in assets under management (AUM). NGI will acquire a 23.5% stake in 1315 Capital, a Philadelphia-based private equity firm that targets ...

CareSuper to merge with meat industry fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
CareSuper is set to merge with a $1 billion industry fund with 56,000 members. The $56 billion super fund, which has around 550,000, has struck a binding agreement to merge with the Meat Industry Employees' Superannuation Fund (MIESF). CareSuper chair ...

Underperforming managers in China could see pay halved

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
The markets regulator in China is threatening to slash the pay of fund managers by 50% if they underperform their benchmarks as part of a shake-up of the US$4.6 trillion mutual fund industry, according to a report. A Bloomberg article shows that the ...

'Incompetent' adviser permanently banned by ASIC

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
A Sydney-based financial adviser has been permanently banned for acting dishonestly and exhibiting a fundamental lack of knowledge, integrity, and professionalism, ASIC said. Peter Surtenich has been permanently banned on March 6 from providing any ...

Korean pension fund takes $50m stake in Metrics

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
The National Pension Service (NPS) of Korea - the worlds third largest pension fund - has acquired a 4.17% stake in Metrics Credit Holdings for $50 million. This comes seven years after Pinnacle Investment Management paid $46 million for a 35% equity ...

Macquarie heavyweights headline 2025 Impact Investment Summit Asia Pacific

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
The 2025 Impact Investment Summit Asia Pacific is set to be the biggest ever, featuring heavyweights from Macquarie Group, such as Viktor Shvets and former chief executive Nicholas Moore, who will headline this year's event that focuses on scaling ...

Australia can benefit from China's economic growth amid trade war: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
China is now better equipped to absorb US trade tariffs compared to 2018-19 and is poised for growth that can benefit Australia despite the unrelenting trade war, according to experts who spoke at the China Investor Symposium. Amid the spate of universal ...

Japanese asset manager enters Australian market

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company (SMDAM) has entered the Australian market through an exclusive partnership with Axius Partners (Axius). As one of Japan's largest asset management firms, SMDAM will initially offer its Global Equity and Japanese ...

GQG loses top sales exec

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
GQG Partners has a new head of wholesale following the shock departure of Daniel Bullock who has been with the boutique manager since it opened its doors in Australia. Ash Naidu will step into the top distribution job. This is a big promotion for Naidu ...

MLC Life explores new market

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
MLC Life has recruited a new general manager to help drive growth in the individual life insurance segment. Imran Lalani has been appointed general manager of emerging individual markets. He joins MLC Life Insurance with extensive experience in leadership ...