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TA Associates sells Russell Investments

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2026

Russell Investments marks another change in ownership as private equity firm TA Associates announced it will sell the fund manager to a B Capital-led consortium that includes CalPERS. TA Associates, together with Reverence Capital Partners (RCP), will ...

ASFA makes suggestions for performance test overhaul

VINNY VUCAGO | THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2026

... assets that can be easily benchmarked but is less suited to long-term, illiquid investments such as infrastructure, private equity, housing and energy projects, where annual comparisons are less meaningful. "Annual benchmarks are less meaningful for ...

Advice veteran's exit creates $1bn Tassie wealth group

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2026

... trusted MFG will go from strength to strength. "I was always passionate about not selling to an institution or a private equity firm," he says about selling to Wealth Financial, which approached Mancell asking if he was ready to sell. "We'd made ...

UniSuper, Aware Super deliver positive returns

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2026

... against market volatility with approximately 25% of the total portfolio in private markets, including infrastructure, private equity and unlisted property. Aware Super head of investment strategy Michael Winchester said the breadth of fund's portfolio ...

Perpetual shuffles Aussie equities team amid departure

KARREN VERGARA | MONDAY, 6 JUL 2026

... strategies and ongoing delivery for clients." Perpetual last week rejected an unsolicited takeover bid from Swedish private equity giant EQT which valued the firm at $2.5 billion. "The indicative proposal was highly conditional and did not adequately ...

HESTA, Cbus, Mercer report super returns

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | MONDAY, 6 JUL 2026

... anchors the fund amidst increasingly unpredictable global markets." Gavin added Cbus's partnerships with high-quality private equity investment managers gives members exposure to companies like SpaceX and Anthropic well before they hit public markets ...

Vanguard delivers double-digit returns, Rest comes just shy

VINNY VUCAGO | FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2026

... Rest said the result was driven by strong international equity markets alongside contributions from the fund's private equity and infrastructure portfolios. The profit-to-member fund said the result exceeded the options to outperform its long-term investment ...

Perpetual rejects $2.5bn takeover offer

ELIZA BAVIN | THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2026

Perpetual has rejected an unsolicited takeover bid from Swedish private equity giant EQT which valued the firm at $2.5 billion. The "unsolicited, non-binding, conditional and indicative proposal" was for $21.64 cash per share, representing a 40% premium ...

Former IFM Investors director leads global PE firm's foray into Australia

MATTHEW WAI | THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2026

... with a strong track record in capital raising, client retention and strategic leadership in infrastructure and private equity. He joins Antin from IFM Investors, where he was most recently head of investor relations and global client solutions operations. ...

Bell Potter launches private wealth platform

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2026

... administer about 2200 portfolios at the time. With BPPW, clients can now access direct equities, private credit, private equity, unlisted funds and capital raises in one place. BFG co-chief executive Arnie Selvarajah said the platform forms part of a ...

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Federal Court lifts Merhi's travel ban

KARREN VERGARA

Former financial adviser Ferras Merhi is now free to travel as the Federal Court lifted travel restraint orders imposed one year ago.

Hostplus delivers double-digit FY26 returns

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Hostplus Balanced (MySuper) option delivered members 10.8% for the financial year 2025-26, while the Indexed Balanced option and the High Growth option returned members 11.06% and 12.61% respectively.

ASIC levy estimates jump 19% as regulator ramps up funding

VINNY VUCAGO

ASIC has lifted its estimated industry funding levy by almost 20% for 2025-26, with regulated entities expected to shoulder $400.5 million in regulatory costs as the corporate watchdog expands its supervision and enforcement activities.

GQG bleeds over US$7bn in FUM in June

MATTHEW WAI

Despite recording positive investment performance, GQG Partners observed a significant outflow, with net outflows of $4.62 billion recorded in the month of June, as FUM slipped to $225 billion at June end, compared to $235.5 billion in the month prior.

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