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Australia a 'regional private wealth hotspot': Preqin

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024
... 20%. These Australian investors are turning to alternatives, which has led to some preliminary regulations in private markets. "As in the US and Europe, the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has seen a decline in IPOs and shallowing of public markets ...

ASIC locks eyes on super industry

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024
... services failures in complaints handling as main areas of concern. In addition, ASIC said Australia's public and private markets and emerging financial products will form a new pillar of ASIC's expanded strategic priorities. ASIC chair Joe Longo said ...

QIC promotes key private equity staff

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2024
... strategies, including venture capital, buyouts and co-investments. Previously, he was an investment manager within the private markets team at Abrdn, the London-listed global investment company. There, he covered diligence for co-investment and secondary ...

Local private debt funds' growth potential 'remains strong': Preqin

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024
... partnered with BT to offer advisers "comprehensive resources" to improve their understanding and expertise in private markets. BT noted that, local private market assets have tripled to $139 billion over the past decade, adding that global growth has ...

Janus Henderson to buy private credit manager Victory Park Capital

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2024
... and bolster its expertise in public asset-backed securitised markets, while also expanding its capabilities in private markets. "The company expects that Victory Park Capital will complement and build upon Janus Henderson's US$36.3 billion in securitised ...

Russell Investments appoints global head of alternatives

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2024
... alternatives platform globally. Parra, who joined in July, leads a team of alternatives specialists who incorporate private markets into the firm's solutions business to deliver more efficient diversification, as well as expand the firm's alternative ...

UK pension giant eyes Australian timber

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024
... its allocations to private assets in the coming years, with plans to have about 30% of its portfolio invested in private markets. Nest's head of private markets Stephen O'Neill previously told Reuters the fund is likely to invest about $1.16 billion ...

Cbus taps ex-AustralianSuper equities chief for 'critical role'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024
... leadership team restructuring that included Alexandra Campbell as deputy chief investment officer and head of private markets. Financial Standard reached out to Hannemann for comment. Hahnemann's departure comes amid scrutiny over Cbus' board-level ties ...

The four Ds to watch in the decades to come: La Trobe

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
... are fewer quality companies, but because those same companies are able to raise capital more effectively through private markets. He said what drove this shift doesn't really matter; "What does matter is that private capital markets are significantly ...

ASIC to launch new criminal investigation team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024
... of market misconduct. As our financial landscape evolves, we will expand our market cleanliness work to capture private markets and products in the coming year," ASIC chair Joe Longo said. While the financial regulator said Australia's equity markets ...