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AMP's largest super option yields 9.1% return

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2023
... AMP's lower weighting to unlisted assets positions the firm to capitalise on favourable buying conditions as market valuations continue to decline. "In the 1970s option, which is the largest by funds under management, we have a current combined weighting ...

PE success all about fund selection: Rest

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2023
... right managers and really focus on fund selection rather than trying to time the market," she said. Preqin head of APAC valuations research insights Angela Lai explained by 2027 the firm believes private capital assets under management (AUM) will reach ...

UniSuper rides tech tailwinds to strong returns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023
... increasing demand for services such as the AppStore." He noted that it now has a market value of about $3 trillion, meaning valuations look stretched. However, he added that he held similar concerns when it was valued at $2 trillion. Meanwhile, on Microsoft ...

Hostplus tops up mandate, returns 8% to members

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023
... 12.34%. The Indexed Balanced option for pension members returned 13.84%. "Hostplus' strong returns included low valuations for the fund's private equity and tech, despite strong returns in both the domestic and global listed markets for tech ...

Office sector down 8%: MSCI

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2023
... Index. Offices represent 37% of the sector. The sector is being "pummelled by concerns of excessively optimistic past valuations and fears that continuing hybrid work policies are negatively impacting the flagship office property sector," Rainmaker Information ...

Equity managed funds in record outflows: Calastone

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023
... backdrop of large outflows from other equity funds makes it significant. "Investors are attracted by relatively low valuations, and the benefits to emerging markets both of a weakening US dollar and of the impending turn in the credit cycle," she said. ...

Waypoint REIT cops $27.1m devaluation

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2023
... net reduction in portfolio value of $27.1 million or approximately 1% in ASX filings. Half-year investment portfolio valuations were carried out on 78 properties and directors' valuations on 324 properties which resulted in the drop, it said. Waypoint ...

Frontier calls for better unlisted asset valuations

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023
... beneficial in such instances. It also commended recent shifts by some Australian fund managers towards more frequent valuations. Frontier said this helps navigate economic uncertainty and significant changes in interest rates and inflation levels. Yet ...

AMP loses BOLR changes class action

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023
... authorised representatives of AMP Financial Planning who challenged AMP's decision in 2019 to slash BOLR business valuations from 4x recurring revenue to just 2.5x. Justice Moshinsky found evidence of losses incurred by the lead applicant, Equity ...

Cadence secures $55m for new fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2023
... its strategy through a dedicated multi-asset fund," Buxton said. "The ability to acquire real estate at attractive valuations has traditionally been heightened in periods of uncertainty, following dramatic economic shocks and generally in environments ...