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EQT brings new strategy to Australia

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
Local individual and institutional investors now have access to a new semi-liquid strategy from EQT - EQT Nexus Infrastructure. The evergreen strategy provides access to a diversified set of strategies across EQT's €75 billion global infrastructure ...

Industry fund insurance bungle adds fuel to mounting outrage

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
Rest is the latest fund to botch its handling of insurance - this time for incorrectly charging uninsured members for coverage - adding to a growing pile of industry failures. Rest's mishandling comes as other major superannuation funds have been caught ...

SMSFs outperform APRA funds over five years: Research

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
New research shows that self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) outperformed APRA-regulated funds by 1.2 percentage points per annum in the five years to June 2023. According to research from the University of Adelaide's International Centre for ...

Treasury consults on genetic test ban in life insurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
The industry can now provide feedback on the proposed ban on the use of adverse genetic test results in life insurance, with Treasury commencing consultation today. Treasury has opened consultation on the complete ban, which was announced in September ...

LGT Capital Partners named lead investor for $143m fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025
Armitage Associates, an Australian lower-middle market, growth buyout manager, has closed a continuation vehicle (CV) with LGT Capital Partners as the lead investor. As part of the transaction, entities advised by LGT Capital Partners acquired stakes ...

Briefcase launches five SMAs on Praemium

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025
Direct indexing platform Briefcase has partnered with Praemium to launch five separately managed accounts (SMA) for retail investors. The five diversified risk-based model portfolios of Conservative, Moderate, Balanced, Growth, and High Growth are now ...

Almost half of HESTA members retire involuntarily

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
Almost half (47%) of HESTA members retire involuntarily, according to new research commissioned by the super fund. The research - prepared by Evolved Thinking - surveyed more than 1800 pre-retirement health, aged care and community services (HACS) workers ...

LGT Capital Partners brings $1.6bn PE strategy to Australia

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2025
LGT Capital Partners is providing wholesale investors in Australia and New Zealand access to a fully funded private equity portfolio. The LGT Global Private Equity Australia fund is an Australian-domiciled high-conviction fund that invests into a globally ...

Private credit asset manager launches $100m strategic capital fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
Global Credit Investments (GCI) has launched a $100 million strategic fund, the first in a new series, designed to provide tailored financing for mid-market businesses. The fund, which has already closed its first investment of $28.3 million - partially ...

Government to streamline financial reporting

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has announced the release of a consultation paper to gather insights and feedback on how to restructure Australia's financial reporting architecture with the aim to make it more efficient, effective, and fit for purpose. Chalmers ...