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Cbus plays it steady amid rocky start to the year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2025
... committing capital to their funds and by participating in co-investments alongside them. "We like investing with them, rather than necessarily bidding against them," Gavin said. ROC Private Equity is the investment manager to which Cbus has allocated ...

Which fund managers are making the most from investor fees?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
... Jocum said. Jocum added that ironically, some investors might have been better off buying a stake in these fund managers rather than investing in their "high-fee funds." "At least that way, they'd be on the receiving end of the profits instead of paying ...

Investors called on to help end modern slavery

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... combating modern slavery," Evans said. "Strong stewardship involves getting curious and asking not what actions you took, but rather what you achieved as a result of those actions. Action is a choice." Evans said he will be advancing the debate in Australia ...

ASIC tiptoes around private markets intervention

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
... Superannuation Investors (ACSI) this morning. Longo said ASIC is prepared to engage with industry bodies, such as ACSI, rather than directly intervene in the growing private markets sector that until recently has flown under any regulator's radar. ...

CSLR costs driven by poor advice: AFCA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
... provide appropriate advice. "We have observed troubling behaviour where some advisers recommend products based on incentives rather than what is in the best interests of the client," he said. "To put it simply, instead of finding a product for the client ...

Life insurers keep breaking their own rules: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
... classified these breaches as isolated incidents, reflecting a growing tendency to attribute them to individual staff errors rather than systemic failings. "We understand there will always be a level of human error. However, the current rate of human ...

HMC Capital to launch new private equity vehicle

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
... Capital Partners Fund II (HMCCP Fund II). The review concluded that the strategy should target a concentrated portfolio rather than diversifying and expand its mandate to invest in unlisted assets to arbitrage the public and private markets. Subsequently ...

Modern family offices want values aligned, pioneer companies

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
... 'screening in'. What can we align across generations? What are the things that we want to do, and really focusing on that rather than focusing on the things where there might be a disagreement," Siddle said. "The minute you start thinking about ...

Underinvestment in Southeast Asia a 'big issue' for Australia

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... said. "The only criticism we could make is that the growth rate is growing at the rate that Australia has been growing at, rather than growing at the rate of the region." Moore said the rapid growth is a result of underlying developments, as well as ...

DBFO reforms package 'pretty disappointing': FAAA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... would be required to develop a framework to target groups of members with advice that suits the cohort as a collective, rather than individuals, a detail that also raised concerns for Abood. "While there's a list of characteristics given that could ...