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The top-performing (and worst) asset classes of the past year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... produced double-digit returns, including emerging market equities, which were bolstered by strong showing of India and Southeast Asia. Emerging markets, however, which returned 18% year over year, lagged developed markets, "as investors fretted over ...

Australian private capital sector totals $139bn: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... net internal rate of return among vintage funds between 2014 and 2021, against their counterparts in North America (12.4%), Asia (11.7%), and the rest of the world (9.8%). Despite the steadiness, private capital fundraising fell to the lowest level in ...

Franklin Templeton brings Lexington Partners PE fund down under

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... secondary private equity and co-investments investment manager of Franklin Templeton, spanning across North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America. The Franklin Templeton subsidiary recorded US$76 billion ($118bn) in AUM at the end of 2024 and brings ...

Alternative real estate investment manager launches new fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025
... expansion following the launch of the new fund. Sjahsam has over three decades of experience across debt and capital markets in Asia, most recently serving as the managing director of Cantor Fitzgerald Capital Markets in Hong Kong. Previously, she founded ...

Channel Capital launches Apollo asset-backed credit trust in Australia

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025
... equivalent risk with the potential for enhanced yields, and a lower volatility profile." Meanwhile, Apollo partner and head of Asia Pacific global wealth management Edward Moon said the firm is pleased to expand access to its strategies in Australia ...

Hedge fund scraps local sales role

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
... local firm. Ciaran McAssy confirmed his departure from the fixed-income hedge fund after almost 13 years as head of sales for Asia, Australia and New Zealand. "After 12 1/2 years with BlueBay working in Hong Kong and Australia, the RBC BlueBay team have ...

MA Financial taps top exec for critical job

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
... 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 executive of Singapore. She also held senior roles at Capital Group, JP Morgan Asset Management ...

Super moves: Cbus, ART

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
... at QSuper for five years. She previously worked at Singapore-based Lion Global Investors where she researched and marketed Asia equities to institutional clients and consultants and MarathonAsset Management where she supplied long and short trading ideas ...

BNP Paribas names chief for Australia, NZ

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2025
... aviation and transportation. Parrot reports to Delvallée, who was promoted to chief executive for the Singapore and South-East Asia units. Delvallée led the Australia and New Zealand businesses from 2019 to early 2025. Also a long serving employee ...

New Forests buys into Burapha

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2025
... acquired a majority interest in Burapha Agro-Forestry, a timber plantation forestry company in Laos. New Forests' Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2 (TAFF2) together with Mirova's sustainable land use strategy have invested in Burapha, a Lao-Swedish ...