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Apostle launches CastleKnight Management in Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
Apostle Funds Management is bringing CastleKnight Management, a US$2.2 billion hedge fund manager, to Australia for the first time. New York-based CastleKnight will help Apostle deliver wholesale and institutional strategies by investing in mispriced ...

Allan Gray exposes 'hateful eight' bubble threat

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
Allan Gray chief investment officer Simon Mawhinney has sounded the alarm that the Australian stock market is dangerously concentrated, with the 'Hateful Eight' companies - the big four banks, Macquarie, Wesfarmers, Goodman Group, and Aristocrat - racking ...

Regal Partners charts US expansion

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
Regal Partners is planning a push into North America, as it also prepares to launch a multi-strategy income fund locally. Providing an update at the company's annual general meeting yesterday, Regal Partners chief executive Brendan O'Connor spoke of ...

UK treasury provides guidance on local pension consolidation

MATT TOLEDO  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
In the UK, there are 86 local government pension schemes (LGPS) and more than a dozen multi-employer defined contribution pension funds that collectively manage $822 billion (£392bn) in assets. The ruling Labour Party's Treasury wants to consolidate ...

Russell Investments names investment head for APAC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
Russell Investments has appointed Andrew Pease as head of investments for Asia-Pacific as the US asset manager deepens its regional presence amid volatile markets. Pease, who recently served as global chief investment strategist, brings over 30 years ...

La Trobe debuts first ASX-listed investment product

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
La Trobe Financial, the Brookfield-owned alternative asset manager with $20 billion in assets under management, has launched its first fund on the ASX. The IPO seeks to raise between $100 million and $300 million, with units priced at $2.00. La Trobe ...

CFS awards global equities mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
Colonial First State (CFS) has awarded a global equities mandate to a US$160 billion fund manager. US fund manager Brown Advisory has won the mandate to oversee the global equities strategy available on FirstChoice, debuting on May 24. The option - ...

ANZ Staff Super loses investment head

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
ANZ Staff Superannuation's investment chief Ruwanie Dias has stepped down after nine months in the role, prompting fresh questions about the $7 billion fund's strategic direction. Dias, who was responsible for the fund's entire investment ...

Rest lands new chief investment officer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
Rest has named a new chief investment officer, appointing a former super fund chief, following the departure of Andrew Lill in November last year. Michael Clancy, the former chief executive of Qantas Super, has been appointed to the role and is set ...

Future Fund bags a piece of Transgrid

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
Future Fund has acquired a 10% stake in energy transmission operator Transgrid from $155.5 billion Canadian pension fund OMERS. OMERS will retain a 10% stake in Transgrid, which it first invested in five years ago, and manage the Future Fund's stake ...