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Federated Hermes to acquire majority interest in FCP

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... values and a strong commitment to building a private markets business. "FCP is uniquely positioned to lead the private market expansion with Federated Hermes into Living sector assets in the US. This transaction provides an opportunity for FCP to strengthen ...

APAC insurers favour multi-alternatives strategies: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... France-based AXA group chief investment officer Jean-Baptiste Tricot, who contributed to the survey, said AXA's private market investments are concentrated in credit strategies, with a preference for floating-rate assets, which can limit exposure to ...

IFM Investors, Nest complete first UK investments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025
... workers across the UK." The investments aim to support Nest's ambition to diversify and increase its allocation to private market assets from around 18% to 30% in the coming years. They also align with the government's Mansion House Accord, which calls ...

Rest Super team defects to Channel Capital

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
Rest Super's operational due diligence team is defecting to Channel Capital in a major coup for the local investment manager. The move comes as Channel Capital launches a specialist global operational due diligence (ODD) business to meet growing ...

HMC Private adds investment director

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
David Di Pilla's HMC Capital has added another executive to its private credit business. HMC Private Credit has appointed a new investment director within its investor services team as demand for private credit continues to skyrocket. Incidentally ...

Can IPOs ever recover? Experts aren't sure

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
Despite ASIC and the ASX having displayed a "good regulatory mindset" in revitalising the listed environment, opportunities from the private markets continue to drag initial public offerings' (IPOs) down. In a panel at the Citi Investment Conference ...

Superannuation system quality stagnates: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
The quality of Australia's retirement system continues to stagnate at the B+ level based on the annual Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index (MCGPI) over the last four years. The retirement system has not improved since 2021 when it moved from a ...

Fortitude launches Small Cap PE Fund

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2025
Fortitude Investment Partners has launched a Small Cap PE Fund, targeting lower mid-market opportunities in private equity. The evergreen fund will invest in deal flows in health, digitalisation and technology, energy transition and food and beverage. ...

MSCI launches global framework for private assets

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2025
... framework for private markets. MSCI PACS was designed to streamline organisation, comparability and consistency to private market assets, from private companies to real estate and infrastructure. As an AI-powered managed data service, MSCI said the program ...

ART private equity lead heads for Middle East

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
Australian Retirement Trust's private equity lead is leaving the superannuation fund to take on a role with an investment fund based in the Middle East. Adam Murphy, who has been with ART for nearly a decade, declined to name his new employer. The ...