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CalPERS adopts total portfolio approach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
... simpler to assess performance. A TPA model also enables investment teams to better identify opportunities between public and private markets, while MSCI has previously said such an approach can make it easier to incorporate energy transition considerations ...

ASIC not acting as a 'market maker': Constant

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025
... commissioner Simone Constant said superannuation funds are working well with the regulator in terms of their investments in private markets, but said as whole, more needs to be done by all large investors. Constant said the regulator's increased focus ...

MST Financial acquires FIIG Securities' unit, boosts assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025
... Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne and Perth. "Since the acquisition, we've also acted as joint lead manager on two listed private credit deals. That is a new initiative that wouldn't have been possible without the business combination. So, that's ...

Super moves: Future Fund, Bupa, QIC, HESTA, Prime Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... also spent a year at National Australia Bank before moving to Bahrain-based Al-Khabeer, an asset manager specialising in private equity, real estate, and listed equities. Meanwhile, after seven and a half years with Prime Super, Mark Redman has started ...

JANA deepens bench with six principal promotions

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... named principal consultant: Bill Dwyer, Ed Giudice and Prashanthi Nadarajah on the client advisory side, and Mathew Moon (private equity), Robert Moore (fixed income) and Christopher Worthington (quant & risk) on the investment side. Dwyer has spent ...

FNZ raises fresh capital for growth plans

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... filed in April, the litigants said the value of their shares had been drastically eroded by institutional investors and private equity who dominate the FNZ Group board and now also control senior management. FNZ has US$2.1 trillion of assets on its p ...

APRA to continue crackdown on super fund expenditure

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
APRA executive director - superannuation, life and private health insurance Carmen Beverley-Smith has warned superannuation trustees that the regulator will use the full extent of its powers if funds are spending member money in irresponsible ways. ...

Stay or leave: ASIC's private credit clampdown tests managers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
ASIC's crackdown on the private credit market has created a 'stay or leave' proposition for some fund managers, a Financial Standard event heard. Speaking at the recent Financial Standard Advisers in Focus event in Melbourne, HMC Private ...

Barings appoints new head of APAC

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
... local wealth market. Last year, the firm launched two new funds tailored to Australian investors - the Barings Australian Private Credit Fund and the Barings Liquidity Investment Strategy.

UniSuper commits over $760m to Macquarie AM's infra strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
... UniSuper is partnering with Macquarie Asset Management (MAM), investing $766 million (US$500m) in its infrastructure-adjacent private equity strategy, which includes $383 million (US$250m) for the strategy's first two investments. Under the agreement ...