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Super funds covet more global equities: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
... shows allocations to global shares jumped 173bps from June 2024, while investments in unlisted infrastructure and private equity each rose 27bps. Despite a prominent tilt to global equities, the analysis, led by J.P Morgan head of equity research for ...

SMC highlights long-term benefits of investing in private markets

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
... savings. In the paper, SMC compared three asset classes: Australian listed equity, international listed equity, and private equity (internal rate of return), and found the performance of each returned 8.3%, 12.1%, and 14.7%, respectively, in the five ...

US financial market dominance can't last indefinitely: MSCI

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... he said. A broadly similar story has played out in private markets. The US has been the epicentre of the global private equity ecosystem, supported by a vibrant private credit market, he said. Lester said the headline story in private assets is a widespread ...

Vista Equity Partners, S64 to bring strategy to APAC

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
... provide APAC investors with access to a balanced portfolio of 'mission-critical' software solutions via Vista's private equity platform. VistaOne invests across the lifecycle of large, mid, and small cap private software companies through Vista's Foundation ...

Aware Super appoints UK private equity lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... Aware Super has bolstered its London team with the appointment of three executives to manage its infrastructure, private equity and property portfolios in Europe and the US. Importantly, the $190 billion superannuation fund has recruited Frank Bulman ...

Australian private capital sector totals $139bn: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
Total Australia-focused assets under management (AUM) remained steady at $139 billion in 2024, with private equity, venture capital (VC), and private credit funds accounting for nearly half at $65 billion, according to the Australian Private Capital ...

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
... private credit investing with a focus on providing loans to high quality borrowers backed by top-tier middle market private equity owners," Autorino said. "These partnerships are an important strategic milestone for the continued development of SMBC's ...

Future Fund muscles past annual target return, lags in March quarter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... primarily in developed markets. Other substantial exposures include $36 billion in alternatives, $33 billion in private equity, $26 billion in Australian equities, and $25 billion in infrastructure and timberland, and $22 billion in credit. Future Fund ...

MA Financial taps top exec for critical job

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
MA Financial has expanded its Singapore office by hiring a top private equity executive to run institutional sales. The $10.3 billion alternative asset manager appointed Kit Toh, hiring from Moonfare where she served as head of Asia Pacific and chief ...