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Geopolitical risks force family offices into alternatives, cash: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... especially when it comes to private markets. More than half noted gaps in their internal expertise around reporting (57%), deal-sourcing (63%), and private-market analytics (75%). Around one-quarter (22%) have used an outsourced chief investment officer ...

QIC offloads Victorian shopping centre for $440m

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
The Lowy Family Group-backed Assembly Funds Management (AFM) has struck a deal with PGIM Real Estate to jointly acquire QIC's Woodgrove Shopping Centre in Melton, Victoria for $440 million. The single-level centre, spanning over 27 hectares of land ...

Firms rebuffing AFCA determinations should be named: FAAA, professional bodies

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
... they support the proposed changes to force paid representatives to use approved AFCA processes and for AFCA to refuse to deal with a third party where they are not a member of AFCA, despite being required to be by their AFSL. "We also support the ability ...

Msquared Capital secures $150m warehouse facility with Australian bank

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025
Private credit manager Msquared Capital has established its inaugural $150 million warehouse facility in partnership with "a leading Australian bank." Msquared said that the partnership marked a significant step in the firm's evolution, positioning ...

BFA Global heads offshore

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
Private assets investment manager BFA Global Investors is expanding into Singapore as the firm looks to capitalise on growing institutional demand across Asia-Pacific markets. The move marks a significant milestone for the investment manager led by ...

Aussies feeling FOMO on private markets: Survey

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... look forward to seeing how access to private assets improves for individual investors as platforms build the technology to deal with lower liquidity and less frequent valuations, and investment managers create more evergreen funds," Watson said. It comes ...

Telegram pump and dump schemers plead guilty

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
Almost a year after criminal charges were brought against them, four people who were part of the 'ASX Pump and Dump Group' have pleaded guilty. In July 2024, four individuals were charged with conspiracy to commit market rigging and false trading, to ...

State Street's plan for power, product, partnerships

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... success. "What ultimately needs to be part of the equation is a compelling, straightforward set of products, an ability to deal effectively with the adviser community, to be able to anticipate their needs in a world where they also have demands, and ...

ASIC shrinks IPO timetable to boost listings

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... process underscores our commitment to ensuring our public markets remain attractive to companies and investors. "Greater deal certainty for companies should help deliver more IPOs, which means more investment opportunities so companies can expand, increase ...

Regulators note advances in life insurers' practices

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
... regulators also noted that life companies reviewed their risk governance practices, leading to "some improvements to better deal with the risks identified in the review. Regarding marketing and disclosures, the regulators said life companies should be ...