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Rest switches up recruitment focus

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023
... time to stick one's neck out and claim central banks will stop raising rates and then predict the implications for equity markets," he says. He reckons the US central bank is fixated on reading inflation and job numbers and, within its mandate, it ...

Global alternatives manager lands down under

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023
... the firm's push into the region. The Chicago-based alternatives asset manager - which focuses on hedge funds, private equity, infrastructure, and real estate - plans to grow by targeting the deployment of Australian capital into global alternative ...

Government targets ASX dominance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023
... ASX may experience a dynamic shift in its competitive landscape. The ASX accounted for 82.8% of total dollar turnover in equity market products during the December 2022 quarter, but its dominance may begin to diminish as businesses explore alternative ...

Australian investors pivot portfolios

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2023
... recent years, the report explained global interest in alternatives has jumped from 43% to 58% in 2022. Within APAC, private equity was the most picked asset for investors planning to increase their alternative allocation, chosen by 62% of those surveyed. ...

Family offices ready to take risks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2023
... allocations, respondents said. They will be followed by US equities and alternative assets, including hedge funds, private equity, and private debt. "Family offices have quite rightly taken a conservative approach to risk in the past two years given ...

Don't wait for QAR: Press

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... next reporting period and make sure their classification is still right as they can be classified as either a bond or an equity," she said. "If they're looking more like equity then that should be reflected." Press said there is no need to go back ...

Alternatives investors await more corrections: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... investors plan to decrease their exposure to these funds, the largest proportion of any category, Preqin said. Private equity investors (53%) think their asset class is overvalued and expect a correction, although not imminently. Nearly the same number ...

Openmarkets launches custody offering

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... offering. This included selling its retail business to Marketech and receiving a cash injection from an Australian private equity firm. This year, Hetal Majithia was appointed as chief financial officer on a permanent basis. In launching the custody ...

Giving hope: Recent regulatory wins

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... in low-paid sectors, the government is introducing a statutory equal remuneration principle that reduces barriers to pay equity claims. In the not-for-profit sector, last July, the Office for Women released a new resource, Guide to prevention and action ...

New EM fund for Maple-Brown Abbott

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... has launched a strategy targeting companies that operate in fast-growing economies globally. The Global Emerging Markets Equity Fund seeks to outperform the MSCI Emerging Markets Net Index (AUD) after fees over a five-year period. The concentrated portfolio ...