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Schroders shutters local private debt arm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
Schroders has confirmed its Australian private debt division will close, saying its efforts are better directed elsewhere. Schroders Australia is terminating its local private debt strategy, which was launched in 2020 when it established its private ...

The productivity bubble has burst: Productivity Commission

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
The latest national account figures indicate that Australia's productivity growth remains in the doldrums, prompting the Productivity Commission to declare revitalising productivity growth as a national priority. September quarter figures showed ...

Macquarie AM puts money in Aussie real estate investment firm

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
Macquarie Asset Management's Real Estate division (MAM RE) has invested in IDA - an Australian specialist real estate private credit and investment manager - via its Macquarie Real Estate Partners (MREP) fund. Under the deal, IDA founding partners ...

Perpetual takeover 'not in the best interests of shareholders'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024
The proposed acquisition of Perpetual's wealth management and corporate trustees' businesses by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) has been deemed not in the best interests of shareholders. An independent expert informed the wealth manager that the risk ...

ISPT joins IFM Investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024
Unlisted property fund manager ISPT has integrated into fellow industry superannuation-owned business IFM Investors, with its chief executive, Chris Chapple, to take on a new leadership role. The two businesses, following a Scheme of Arrangement, came ...

Hostplus' AFCA complaint response times lag

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024
Hostplus published its inaugural Service Standards Report, aimed at improving transparency and accountability, with hopes other funds will follow suit. Hostplus chief executive David Elia said the report provides a comprehensive view of the volume ...

Renewable infrastructure opportunities for HNWIs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2024
Australian Ethical's new head of private markets Adam Roberts thinks private wealth investors should forget the ASX, saying the best opportunities to capitalise on the energy transition are in private markets. Roberts told FS Private Wealth that ...

TPG co-founder David Bonderman dies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2024
David Bonderman, the co-founder of global alternatives investor TPG, passed away this week. Bonderman, affectionately known as 'Bondo' to many, was also founder of Wildcat Capital Management, the Bonderman family office, and owner of National Hockey ...

Bennelong refreshes board

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024
Bennelong Funds Management has welcomed a new chair following the retirement of Lincoln McMahon at the end of December. Lincoln McMahon will be succeeded by Campbell Fleming who brings over 35 years of experience in asset management and financial services ...

Treasury reappoints 24 members to FSCP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024
The Albanese government has reappointed 24 members to the Financial Services and Credit Panel (FSCP) for a three-year period beginning 1 January 2025. The candidates bring with them a range of knowledge and experience across the fields of business ...