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Future Fund reaches value of $237.9bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2025
... active return generation and the Future Fund benefitted from increasing its allocation to international equities. Alternatives, credit and infrastructure all made positive contributions, and returns were helped by the decline in the Australian dollar ...

LGT Capital Partners brings $1.6bn PE strategy to Australia

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2025
... accessibility of the asset class to potential investors," Pensabene said. "After the launch of our semi-liquid multi-alternatives fund for Australian and New Zealand investors in 2021, we are pleased to be able to offer our private equity platform to ...

System Capital joins Fidante stable

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025
Fidante is bolstering its alternatives capabilities, bringing on long-short manager System Capital as an affiliate. Founded in 2022, System Capital is run by Lev Margolin, who previously oversaw the L1 Capital Long/Short Fund for eight years. The System ...

CIM Group appoints head of APAC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
... an exciting opportunity. "With a large number of sophisticated investors in the region showing strong demand for alternatives and private markets strategies, CIM Group's capabilities and track record are well-suited to this discerning market," she said. ...

Bain Capital improves Insignia Financial bid

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
... Partners' revised takeover offer. It comes as the wealth giant reports several achievements, including growth in its alternatives business. After CC Capital lobbed a revised bid of $4.60 per share for Insignia Financial last week, Bain Capital has now ...

Legalsuper hunts for CIO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
... previously at the Future Fund for two years, where he served as portfolio strategy director and then interim head of alternatives. He left Future Fund in mid-2022, becoming a Fellow of US think tank AIF Global's Center for Private Capital Investing. ...

CEFC invests $100m into affordable housing strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
Canberra's green bank has invested $100 million in AXA Investment Managers Alternatives' build-to-rent strategy providing affordable homes for essential workers. The investment brings the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) total commitment to residential ...

Research digs into HNW investment preferences

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025
... new research from Praemium, high-net-worth (HNW) investors with stronger balances are typically tipping more into alternatives. The report comes as advisers eye the asset class along with artificial intelligence (AI) and technology as key drivers for ...

MetLife snaps up three investment teams from Mesirow

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025
... traditional investment strategies." Brown added that going forward, Mesirow will continue to focus on growing its alternatives capabilities and core wealth management, fiduciary solutions, and capital markets/investment banking offerings - which have ...

Cbus to play key role in new Bluey movie

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2024
... fund retained the investment and increased its loan limit to $80 million. Following a recent review by the debt and alternatives team, the revolving loan was bumped up to $100 million, Cbus said, and this vehicle will contribute funding for the Bluey ...