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BlackRock acquires Preqin in $4.8bn deal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024
BlackRock has agreed to acquire Preqin for £2.55 billion or approximately US$3.2 billion ($4.8 billion) in cash. BlackRock said bringing together Preqin's data and research tools with Aladdin's complementary workflow capabilities in a unified platform ...

New boutique launches private debt fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024
Nero Private - a newly established boutique non-bank credit firm - has launched its first private debt fund, aimed at supporting Australian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) while offering investors stable returns. Nero Private invests in credit-vetted ...

Stafford Capital wins $569m mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024
Stafford Capital Partners announced it has been selected as a manager for the ACCESS Pool in global core timberland, and as ACCESS' sole global impact timberland manager. The initial size of the ACCESS timberland mandate is around £300 million ($569 ...

Australian Retirement Trust acquires major stake in industrial estate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2024
Mirvac finalised the sale of the Aspect South Industrial precinct in Sydney to the Mirvac Industrial Venture (MIV), with Australian Retirement Trust (ART) acquiring a 49% interest, bringing its total expected value to $1 billion. Last June, Mirvac and ...

ASIC takes action against Guildfords FM, director

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2024
ASIC has cancelled the licence of Guildfords Funds Management and banned its managing director Robert Payne for their involvement in the collapse of Magnolia Capital Group. ASIC found "significant and systemic failures of oversight and compliance" upon ...

Local Aviva Investors managing director to exit

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2024
Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of London insurer Aviva Plc, will farewell its local managing director following a decision to manage distribution from Singapore. Australian managing director Brett Jackson has been with the firm ...

APRA: RSE licensees show 'common areas of weakness'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2024
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has issued a letter to all registrable superannuation entity (RSE) licensees sharing the initial observations from its targeted thematic review of the superannuation industry's preparedness for ...

Equip Super reduces admin fees, introduces insurance fee

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024
While their administration fees will fall, from next week many Equip Super members will begin paying an insurance fee calculated at 4% of premiums. From July 1, Equip Super is reducing administration fees across accumulation, defined benefit and retirement ...

ASIC freezes assets of Melbourne based licensee

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has obtained interim orders from the Federal Court freezing the assets of financial advice licensee United Global Capital and related property investment company Global Capital Property Fund  ...

New NALE rules, AFCA's super powers passed

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024
... APRA-regulated funds, exempt public sector superannuation funds, pooled superannuation trust (PSTs), and approved deposit fund (ADFs). Self-managed funds and small APRA-regulated funds, however, are not fully exempt. For SMSFs and small APRA-regulated ...