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Powerhouse Ventures to acquire Aliwa

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
Powerhouse Ventures (PVL) is set to take over Aliwa Funds Management in a bid to expand into micro-cap investing. The ASX-listed firm entered a binding agreement with Aliwa for a consideration of $500,000 made upfront in an all-scrip deal at $0.04 per ...

ASIC, RBA handed new financial market infrastructure powers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
ASIC and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) have been given new powers under new financial market infrastructure laws to enhance their licensing, supervisory, and enforcement abilities. The Treasury Laws Amendment (Financial Market Infrastructure and ...

Macquarie cops US$80m from SEC

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
The US securities watchdog fined Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) US$80 million after a subsidiary fudged the valuations of collateralised mortgage obligations (CMOs) within a fixed income strategy. Macquarie Investment Management Business Trust (MIMBT) ...

Federal Reserve kicks off easing cycle

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
The Federal Reserve elected to cut interest rates by 50 basis points overnight, its first reduction in four years. The US central bank decided to lower the target range for the federal funds rate by half a percentage point to 4.75-5%, surprising many ...

Super for housing to exacerbate affordability crisis: Eslake

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
Superannuation being used for house deposits would push up home prices, undermining Australians' home ownership prospects, slash retirement savings, and come at a significant cost to the Budget, according to a Corinna Economic Advisory report by ...

Alternatives market to hit US$30tn by 2030: Preqin

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
The global alternatives industry is on track to reach US$29.2 trillion in assets under management (AUM) by 2029, with private equities set to more than double throughout the period, Preqin said. The growth signifies an annualised increase of 9.7% for ...

Megatrends impacting portfolio construction: Mercer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
Mercer portfolios solutions leader Rebecca Jacques outlined some of the major trends investors need to take into consideration when building clients' portfolios at the Financial Standard Managed Accounts Forum. Jacques said there are several structural ...

Remara launches real estate strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024
Remara Investment Management has launched a real estate fund that invests in the development of small and large-scale projects. The Remara Opportunistic Development Fund is an open-ended managed fund that seeks opportunities in the residential, industrial ...

ASFA launches new initiative to fight financial crime

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has launched of the ASFA Financial Crime Protection Initiative (FCPI), a project designed to bolster the superannuation sector's defences against the growing threat of financial crime. In collaboration ...

Arrowpoint launches new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024
Arrowpoint Capital has launched a new private debt fund targeting high-net-worth investors, super funds and SMSFs. It said the decision to launch the fund came from increased demand for capital from businesses outstripping supply. "The supply of capital ...