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Warakirri adds kiwifruit aggregation to farmland fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2025
Warakirri Asset Management has added a 200-hectare aggregation of three orchards, mainly kiwifruit, with some nashi and corella pears as well as jujubes, to its farmland fund. The manager paid $33 million for the orchards in the Goulburn Valley region ...

Institutional capital returns to retail real estate after hiatus

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
... management, argued that the retail investment proposition is underpinned by a relatively stable and conducive economic environment, marked by strong population growth, stabilising inflation, and expected monetary policy easing through the year. The report ...

Japan's first digital investment platform for private assets goes live

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2025
Tokyo-based financial services firm Keyaki Capital has launched what its describes as a "first of its kind" online platform to exclusively offer private equity, private credit, and other private asset investment funds to Japanese high-net-worth investors. ...

Nearly $9bn leaves Perpetual

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2025
... robust with 62% of strategies outperforming over three years. That said, we are mindful of the evolving macro-economic environment post period end, and in particular, the impact of these external conditions on sentiment towards equities investments," ...

VanEck to intro RMBS, India ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025
... residential mortgage-backed securities strategy, which VanEck said should prove compelling to investors in the current environment. Residential mortgage-backed securities are one of the fastest growing fixed income asset classes in Australia, reaching ...

Apex awarded $2.3bn fund admin mandate

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
... Mutual Limited managing director Wayne Buckingham said the partnership is timely amid the ongoing uncertainty. "In an environment of ongoing market volatility, investors are increasingly seeking safe and consistent investment options," Buckingham said. ...

Northern Trust survey reveals what's testing asset owners

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
... Trust said. Also high on the list of internal investment challenges was managing costs, navigating the regulatory environment, and executing investment strategies. "The challenges posed by implementing investment decisions are amplified by tightening ...

NAB forecasts 50bp rate cut in May

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
... Australia (RBA) may deliver a 50bps interest rate cut when it meets again in May. Auld said headwinds from the global environment have intensified, but conceded large amounts of uncertainty remain. "We now see the RBA easing more quickly through mid-2025 ...

Aussies need help to navigate the great wealth transfer: Fidelity

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
... that 40% of financial advisers fear their businesses will be under threat in an exponentially growing wealth transfer environment. Despite the fruitful amount of wealth, Australians remain concerned about several aspects when dealing with an inheritance. ...

Market turmoil hits portfolios

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
... as 1.4% to inflation. "The combination of slowing growth and rising inflation creates an increasingly uneasy macro environment - one that bears some resemblance to stagflationary conditions, even if it doesn't fully meet the definition. This mix ...