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Super moves: Future Fund, WTW

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... both traditional and alternative credit sectors, as well as advising clients on portfolio construction for these asset classes. Before rejoining WTW, James spent over 11 years at Funds SA, where he most recently served as a portfolio manager. He managed ...

PGIM Real Estate partners up on $145m deal for logistics asset

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
... acquisition added to the appeal. "PGIM Real Estate has been very active this year across a range of real estate asset classes, but we have also been very selective in pursuing strategies with a strong underlying thematic and assets that will be well ...

Super funds covet more global equities: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
... seven Mag-7 stocks. Google and Amazon are the exceptions being overweight 14bps and 32bps respectively. In other asset classes, cash (-86bps) was the biggest loser during the period, followed by fixed income (-52bps) and domestic equities (-45bps). Interestingly ...

Inside Colonial First State's fund manager selection overhaul

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025
... with a value manager to create balance, but that approach "works until it doesn't" because correlations across asset classes and managers are "inherently unstable," he said. That's the "overarching aspect," but the key point, he continued, is ...

SMC highlights long-term benefits of investing in private markets

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
... reduced the financial system instability, while delivering strong retirement savings. In the paper, SMC compared three asset classes: Australian listed equity, international listed equity, and private equity (internal rate of return), and found the performance ...

Citco secures powerful backer in global investment firm

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2025
... growth," Smeets said. GIC describes itself as a long-term, disciplined investor, deploying capital across a range of asset classes and active strategies. The firm said its "developed strong relationships" and invests with family offices, family-owned ...

The top-performing (and worst) asset classes of the past year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
Mercer's annual periodic table, which charts 17 major asset classes investment returns on an annual basis over the last decade, reveals that there's few reliable themes, except that greater risk tends to be rewarded by greater return. Equity ...

Future Fund muscles past annual target return, lags in March quarter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... "particularly strong contributions to performance" from alternatives, credit, and infrastructure and timberland asset classes. He added that returns also benefited from changes to the fund's currency mix and exposure to commodities, including gold. ...

JP Morgan AM hires from Vanguard

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
... on delivering global, low-cost active solutions to clients. The global asset manager has 135 ETFs across various asset classes, while in Australia, the firm has launched nine low-cost active equities and bond ETF strategies. This includes the JPMorgan ...

KKR, Capital Group debut first public-private investment products

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2025
... only scratched the surface of what we can offer investors as we look to expand our collaboration across additional asset classes, geographies, and formats," they said. Gitlin added that expanding access to private markets is much more than two public-private ...