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High-profile Tribeca manager sets up shop

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024
Tribeca Investment Partners portfolio manager Jun Bei Liu is taking her top-performing $1.5 billion long-short equity fund to set up a new shop. Liu is effectively taking the Tribeca Alpha Plus Fund in a management buyout with the "blessings" of Tribeca ...

Hamilton Lane debuts private markets infra fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2024
Hamilton Lane is introducing an evergreen private markets infrastructure fund to local qualified investors. The Hamilton Lane Global Private Infrastructure Fund is a total return strategy, targeting capital appreciation and income, and gives qualified ...

'Challenging period' for active managers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
The S&P Dow Jones SPIVA Global Scorecard has revealed another tough year for active management in 2024. Initially covering just US-domiciled funds, nine regional year-end scorecards now cover active performance in funds operating in markets in Australia ...

Carnegie's MHC Digital, Circle target local stablecoin push

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024
Venture capitalist Mark Carnegie's MHC Digital Group and fintech Circle have teamed up on a plan to ramp up USDC stablecoin distribution in Australia and Asia Pacific, exploring institutional use cases. USDC is a fully reserved stablecoin, with over ...

eToro acquires Spaceship, sets sights on super sector

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
The global trading and investment platform is tapping into the superannuation sector with the acquisition of Spaceship, in a deal worth as much as $80 million. eToro has agreed to acquire Spaceship, expanding its local business and suite of offerings. ...

Lack of talent challenging DDO compliance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024
The regulator's recent crackdown on risk and compliance in the sector has product issuers stuck between a rock and a hard place, with an extreme dearth of talent making it difficult for fund managers and super funds to meet ASIC's expectations. Earlier ...

Powerhouse Ventures to acquire Aliwa

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
Powerhouse Ventures (PVL) is set to take over Aliwa Funds Management in a bid to expand into micro-cap investing. The ASX-listed firm entered a binding agreement with Aliwa for a consideration of $500,000 made upfront in an all-scrip deal at $0.04 per ...

BlackRock revamps private credit business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
BlackRock is restructuring its private debt arm, saying private credit is "one of the firm's top priorities" and it intends to become a leader in the space. BlackRock is creating a Global Direct Lending business within its existing private debt function ...

Arrowpoint launches new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024
Arrowpoint Capital has launched a new private debt fund targeting high-net-worth investors, super funds and SMSFs. It said the decision to launch the fund came from increased demand for capital from businesses outstripping supply. "The supply of capital ...

Janus Henderson to manage new tokenised treasury fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
Janus Henderson will partner with tokenisation platform Centrifuge and its asset management arm, Anemoy, to manage Anemoy's Liquid Treasury Fund (LTF), a fully on-chain, tokenised fund. The US$360 billion asset manager will serve as a sub-adviser to ...