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Lombard Odier breaks into Australia, issues private credit mandate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023
Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM), the asset management division of the Swiss private bank, has awarded a mandate to Equity Trustees for its first offering in Australia. The LOIM Sustainable Private Credit (Australia) Unit Trust seeks to deliver ...

Rest names internal global equities lead

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023
Rest has appointed a seasoned executive to lead its newly formed internal global equities division. Joining the $76 billion industry fund, Richard Mercado is charged with constructing an internal global equities management capability, implementing an ...

Future Fund exposed to dangerous Chinese investments: Opposition

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2023
The Future Fund holds stakes in over 50 Chinese companies with links to human rights abuses and national security threats, associated with the People's Liberation Army, involved in the oppression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, and invested in sanctioned ...

Regal Partners buys stake in Taurus Funds Management

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023
... however, retains satellite offices in the UK, Europe, and the Cayman Islands, servicing institutional investors in North America. Taurus has a track record of investing within the resources sector and its primary investment strategies seek to provide ...

Alternatives to top $33tn by 2028

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023
... is 14%, revised down from 19%, Preqin said. This is on the back of worse-than-expected growth in funds targeting North America in comparison to the 2022 report forecast. However, the region is still expected to exhibit the highest growth rate worldwide ...

AustralianSuper merges real assets functions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023
... acting head of American real assets while the fund determines the property component of the real assets strategy in North America. Additionally, AustralianSuper will now look to recruit a head of real assets for Australia. Meantime, Monica Ryu has been ...

Private credit boom sweeps Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2023
... returns. This drastically changed with the rapid growth in credit issued between 2020 and mid-2022. While Europe and North America have long been the domain of private credit investors, Asia Pacific accounts for just 6% of the global market, Preqin head ...

Global insurers eye private markets, clean energy: BlackRock

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2023
Global insurers are rethinking their investment strategies, with 60% revising strategic asset allocations (SAA) to prioritise flexibility and new opportunities, according to a BlackRock study. In its annual Global insurance report, BlackRock indicated ...

Australian Bond Exchange, Boston Global Group launch fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023
... investment purposes, and has now grown into a diversified group. Outside of Australia, Boston Global Group is invested in North America and Southeast Asia.

Largest pension funds see drop in assets: Research

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2023
... a decrease of 10.6% for the sovereign pension funds in the Thinking Ahead Institute Top 300 study." Regionally, North America now accounts for 45.6% of assets in the world's 300 largest pension funds, while European pension funds account for 24.1% ...