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BlackRock acquires Preqin in $4.8bn deal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024
... platform for investors and fund managers. "This presents a substantial opportunity for Aladdin to bridge the transparency gap between public and private markets through data and analytics," Nair said. Preqin founder Mark O'Hare said he was looking forward ...

New boutique launches private debt fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024
... deliver annual returns starting from 10% p.a. Nero Private managing director Sanja Crnogorac said the firm aims to bridge the gap between traditional banking and the evolving needs of both borrowers and investors, while streamlining the transaction process. ...

Long-term optimism for APAC despite short-term hurdles

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024
... report also highlighted that investors increasingly favoured experienced fund managers over first-time managers. In 2023, the gap between the average capital raised by the two groups reached its widest divergence since 2015, at $78 million, according ...

Early contributions boost retirement balances

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024
The superannuation gap of young Australians who contribute to their super earlier, compared to those who take the default contribution option has been confirmed by modelling from advice tech platform Otivo. Otivo's modelling reported that if younger ...

Aussies' financial literacy declines, young people fare the worst

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024
Despite many initiatives, financial literacy, capability, and wellbeing levels have dropped in Australia, according to research commissioned by Ecstra Foundation and conducted by SVA Consulting. The International approaches to progressing financial ...

Gender gap to close in 134 years: World Economic Forum

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024
The World Economic Forum released its Global Gender Gap Report for 2024 revealing that, at the current pace, it will take another 134 years - equivalent to five generations - to achieve full gender parity. Globally, the gender gap has closed by just ...

Advisers shoulder massive wealth transfer

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024
... $125,000. Foresters Financial chief executive officer Emma Sakellaris says for many beneficiaries, windfalls will expose a huge gap in their lack of knowledge about finance and investments. It will mean equipping them with the financial and investment ...

Recession signs: Economic growth has 'ground to a halt'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024
... pandemic and operating above its capacity. "But that picture has changed. More specifically, we believe the positive output gap has now closed and a negative output gap will slowly emerge over the remainder of 2024 and into 2025," he said. "The Reserve ...

QIC adds to streak of venture capital investments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024
... QIC private equity investment director Leo Channon said the deal was aimed at bridging the identified early-stage funding gap for startups to scale from Queensland. "Sprint is a home-grown Queensland firm that invests across a number of important thematics ...

Clearway wins distribution mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024
Clearway Capital Solutions has partnered with a global fund manager to bring Asia-focused strategies to local wholesale and institutional investors. The distribution specialist is taking Matthews International to the Australian and New Zealand markets. ...