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Scarcity Partners enlists former Ophir Asset Management chief

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
GP staking specialist Scarcity Partners has appointed former Ophir Asset Management chief executive George Chirakis as a partner. Chirakis, who has over 20 years of experience in investment management, sales, and distribution, including leadership roles ...

Australian Unity hires from Centuria

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
Australian Unity has appointed Vijitha Yogavaran to the newly created role of fund manager for its Healthcare Property Trust (AUHPT), effective 20 January 2025. Yogavaran will assume responsibility for the oversight, management and external representation ...

MA Financial readies first LIT for launch

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025
MA Financial will soon launch its first listed investment trust (LIT), the MA Credit Income Trust (ASX:MA1). MA Financial has so far secured $171 million in commitments for MA1, which is expected to launch on the ASX on March 5. The fund is set to offer ...

Insignia grants CC Capital limited due diligence

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025
Insignia Financial has granted CC Capital Partners a limited period of access for the provision of due diligence after it received a revised takeover offer last week. On January 17, Insignia received a revised non-binding and indicative proposal from ...

CC Capital outbids Bain again, increases Insignia offer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
CC Capital Partners has topped the most recent bid by Bain Capital to acquire Insignia Financial, lobbing a fresh offer of $4.60 per share. Bain Capital first made a move for Insignia Financial in early December, making an offer of $4 per share that ...

GIC's investment chief to step down

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
GIC investment chief Jeffrey Jaensubhakij plans to step down after almost three decades at the sovereign wealth fund, according to local reports. It is widely expected that deputy group chief investment officer Bryan Yeo will be promoted to the top ...

Local private wealth manager appoints new chief

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
Stellan Capital, a national private wealth management firm, has appointed a new chief executive. Jim DeCarlo has stepped into the role at the firm, which specialises in strategic financial planning, bespoke portfolio management, and family office services. ...

BlackRock loses senior executive touted as Fink's successor

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
BlackRock senior managing director, head of global client business Mark Wiedman - who was regarded as a potential successor to chief executive Larry Fink - is exiting the asset manager. Wiedman is responsible for BlackRock's commercial relationships ...

SEC fines private equity firms for recordkeeping failures

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025
Blackstone, KKR, and Carlyle are among the private equity firms that will collectively pay the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) US$63.1 million for failing to keep appropriate communications records. They join a growing list of financial institutions ...

SG Hiscock appoints head of research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025
SG Hiscock appointed Alastair McKibbin as head of research and consultants, having started in the role on 13 January 2025. He will be based in Sydney and will report to head of distribution Anthony Cochran. McKibbin will be responsible for further developing ...