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Citco secures powerful backer in global investment firm

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2025
... innovation, will enable us to continue to drive scalability for our clients - cementing our position as our client's foundation for growth," Smeets said. GIC describes itself as a long-term, disciplined investor, deploying capital across a range of asset ...

Bill Gates to shutter Gates Foundation in 2045

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
Bill Gates says he will give away all his wealth over the next two decades and close the Gates Foundation permanently in 2045. It's a big change for the foundation which, when established in 2000, was done so with the charter that it would continue ...

Vista Equity Partners, S64 to bring strategy to APAC

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
... platform. VistaOne invests across the lifecycle of large, mid, and small cap private software companies through Vista's Foundation and Endeavor private equity strategies. It's an open-ended fund manufactured in partnership with S64, the global alternative ...

Franklin Templeton brings Lexington Partners PE fund down under

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
The investment manager has launched the Franklin Lexington Private Equity Secondaries Fund, offering Australian investors access to a diversified private equity portfolio focused on the secondaries market. The new offering invests into an Australian ...

MA Financial partners to invest $2.6bn in middle market loans

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025
The joint venture, which includes three partnering institutions, is aiming to establish a differentiated platform focused on the US middle market. MA Financial Group, Monroe Capital and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) will invest up to US$1.7 ...

Cbus chief investment officer resigns

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2025
Cbus chief investment officer Brett Chatfield will leave the $100 billion fund to take on an opportunity outside of industry superannuation, as his replacement is named. Chatfield will exit the fund he's been with for more than a decade to commence ...

Bravura chief exits: 'Right time to step aside'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2025
... company achieve such a significant turnaround," Russell said. "Bravura is now well positioned to build on the strong foundation we have created, and I believe it is the right time for me to step aside to allow the board to find a successor who can capitalise ...

Insignia Financial trims $5bn off FUM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
... outcome for shareholders from this process, while also continuing to deliver our strategic priorities to build the foundation for resilient and sustainable growth. "We continue to focus on delivering our remaining FY25 initiatives, including accelerated ...

Warakirri adds kiwifruit aggregation to farmland fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2025
... farmland fund, which is targeting a scale of $500 million, to five assets. The fund launched in April 2021 and secured two foundation assets in the stone-fruit sector a year later, before acquiring two vineyards in December 2022. Warakirri Farmland Fund ...

Institutional capital returns to retail real estate after hiatus

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
... sales, and more attractive valuations. Also, retailers' capacity for rental growth has improved, signalling a "solid foundation for investment." The report added with risks now priced in, there's a clearer path for income-led returns, making retail a ...