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Insto injects further $530m in Qualitas

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023
... $30 million over the life of the $1 billion mandate. Another unnamed insto committed $750 million into the Qualitas Construction Debt Fund II in August. In the same month, Qualitas secured a second commitment of $700 million from a subsidiary of the ...

No bubble risk in Sydney housing market: UBS

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2023
... decoupling of prices from local incomes and rents, and imbalances in the real economy, such as excessive lending and construction activity. Under the same assessment, just two cities are in the bubble risk category, being Zurich at 1.71, followed by ...

Family offices feeling optimistic about 2024

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2023
... returns of 10% or more over the coming year, compared to 61% of their smaller counterparts. When it comes to portfolio construction and management, family offices favour alternative asset classes, with private equity and credit, real estate, and hedge ...

Adviser exam records 73% pass rate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2023
... applied ethical and professional reasoning and communication (including the Code of Ethics); and financial advice construction - the suitability of advice aligned to different consumer groups, incorporating consumer behaviour and decision making.

Australian Retirement Trust hires Tim Unger

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2023
... and frameworks. During his time there, he worked in several different roles, including manager research, portfolio construction, client consulting, and more recently, sustainable investment. Unger was also previously a member of Willis Towers Watson's ...

Rest awards mandate to specialist fund manager

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2023
... Following the closure of its second fundraising round, Octopus Australia now manages $1 billion in operational and construction assets, as well as $4.2 billion in development projects, and $1.3 billion under exclusivity. Rest chief investment officer ...

Natixis IM eyes expansion with new retail AFSL

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2023
... said: "The Australian wealth management industry in particular is highly sophisticated, and IML's views on portfolio construction and risk management align with Natixis Global Asset Management's Durable Portfolio Construction approach. Moreover, IML ...

How to warm up for a 50-degree day

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023
... 50-degree day will occur in Australia. The simulation outlines the impact of a 50-degree day via four avatars - a construction worker, a farmer, a supermarket manager, and an A&E doctor. "We wanted a cross section," Noble said. "Each one is telling a ...

AustralianSuper hires head of international, private equity

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023
... Conference, AustralianSuper head of asset allocation Alistair Barker spoke to top global trends impacting portfolio construction. In particular, Barker highlighted the diffusion of technology, and the importance of having the right risk strategy in p ...

Alternative real estate is on the rise: AXA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2023
... non-traditional real estate among investors. "Alternative real estate can make sense and it comes down to portfolio construction, diversification and resilience of a portfolio," he said. "If you look at the thematic around that allocation from a risk ...