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FEATURE: Problem detected

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
... think about their responsibilities but also how they demonstrate that they are meeting those objectives. "The other cultural point is the third-party oversight and understanding of the role of the outsourcing and the oversight of the outsourcing provider. ...

Private markets, asset class correlations upending 60-40 portfolio

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
The rise of private markets and increasing intra- and inter-fund correlation among asset classes should prompt financial advisers to rethink the traditional 60-40 portfolio. This is according to CI Global Asset Management head of fixed income and private ...

Supply and demand dynamics shift PE secondaries landscape: bfinance

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
Private equity secondaries transactions are ramping up, as investors are consciously seeking external fund managers for their expertise in navigating changing conditions. bfinance's Sector in Brief: Private Equity Secondaries report noted that both ...

Geopolitics, AI tests prudential regulation: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
In addition to "worsening" cybersecurity risks, geopolitical volatility and artificial intelligence (AI) are creating "unacceptable prudential risks" for APRA. APRA member Therese McCarthy Hockey said geopolitical risk has become a "risk accelerant" ...

Partners Group launches royalties fund for local investors

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025
... value approach where we shift between sectors and structures depending on what offers the best opportunities at a given point in time," said Stephen Otter, head of royalties at Partners Group. The fund manager currently has US$52 billion invested in ...

Receivers appointed to two Australian Fiduciaries entities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
Receivers have been appointed to two related entities of Australian Fiduciaries following a Federal Court hearing this week. About $167 million is tied up currently, belonging to about 600 investors who placed their retirement savings in the Global ...

Fewer global equity managers underperform: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2025
... on a single-stock basis, too. The US accounted for over 70% of the S&P World Index by index weight at the year's starting point, but less than 70% by count; the US stocks' relatively poor performance enabled a larger number of non-US stocks to outperform ...

Female fund managers' triumphant decade: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2025
... worldwide. Despite the growth, the number of female portfolio managers is still "painfully slow", up less than half a percentage point compared to last year, coming in at 12.9% of the total. When it comes to assets under management (AUM), mixed-gender ...

FEATURE: Hyped up

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
... investor allocations rise from mid-teens to nearly 45% as of last year, into US equities. There is a hypothesis that at some point [the investment theme] must come to an end at the end of the decade. Yet, the last 15 years, it's been the same seven ...

Australian economy 'stronger than expected'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2025
Australian gross domestic product (GDP) rose 0.6% in the June quarter and was up 1.8% compared to a year ago, according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Commonwealth Bank head of Australian economics Belinda Allen said ...