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New credit fund targets Australia

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2022
Abu Dhabi-based private investment firm Chimera Capital and Alpha Wave Global, a global investment company, have launched a US$2 billion credit fund with a focus on Australia. The Alpha Wave Private Credit Fund has a global mandate but a primary focus ...

Australia can avoid recession: Outlook

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
Australia should be able to evade a recession, despite the high inflationary environment, AMP's Shane Oliver says. Amid dire, bleak, and gloomy economic outlooks, Oliver - AMP's head of investment strategy, economics, and chief economist - said if further ...

Australian housing slump marches on

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
After surging 28.6% between the pandemic low in September 2020 to a high in April, national property prices have fallen 6%, said AMP chief economist Shane Oliver. "The key drivers of the downturn remain: poor affordability, rising mortgage rates, some ...

CPI poses awkward optics for RBA: Economist

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2022
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) commentary sometimes infers that Australia's inflation circumstances are different or less challenging than elsewhere in the developed country complex, but GSFM investment strategist Stephen Miller believes that any "difference" ...

Hostplus hands Bell Asset Management $500m mandate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2022
Hostplus has awarded Bell Asset Management a $500 million global small and mid-cap equity mandate. Hostplus chief executive David Elia said: "Bell's strong long-term performance record, the quality of the team and a disciplined investment approach ...

APRA flags concerns over fund sustainability

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2022
... supervises are about $8 trillion, up by around a third from just five years ago. His point being that notwithstanding the economic ups and downs in recent years, Australia's financial system has continued to grow strongly. Specific to super, he said ...

First Sentier launches small cap fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2022
First Sentier has launched a new Australian small companies fund that offers a long short strategy to wholesale and retail investors. The First Sentier Australian Small Companies Long Short Opportunities Fund seeks out small high-quality companies that ...

First Super: Merger pressure fizzles out

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2022
... "There are no J-curve issues, they're mature businesses, but they need institutional money. While their performance has had ups and downs in the short term, they've been the gift that keeps on giving over the longer term." Last year, First Super's ...

VC sector risks running cold

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2022
... levels of dry powder. This year, according to Cut Through Venture, investors pumped a record $3.6 billion into Australian start-ups in the March quarter alone. Within the space, tech and enterprise software continued to be the most dominant segments ...

Property fund hires from AXA IM

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2022
Retail property solutions provider United Property Service (UPS) has appointed Lisa Wood as its first asset management director. Bringing over 20 years' experience in specialist property management both in Australia and overseas, Wood joins the UPS ...