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Government to scrap advisers' approved qualifications list

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
... offering courses due to the lack of entrants," he said. Separately, Jones announced that the government will scrap the second stage of the adviser registration process. This stage mandated individual advisers to register annually with ASIC from 1 July ...

Hamilton Lane closes venture fund at $615m

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2025
Hamilton Lane has announced the final close of its first globally distributed venture vehicle, the Venture Access Fund (VAF), with the fund exceeding its target of $500 million by 23%. VAF's portfolio targets "top-performing, oversubscribed funds and ...

Moonfare launches in Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2025
Global private equity platform Moonfare, with $5.5 billion (€3.3bn) in assets under management, has established footprints in Australia to target wholesale investors. Local wholesale and sophisticated investors now have access to Moonfare, which offers ...

Chalmers 'managing pressures' to shore up economy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2025
... our economy. From largely agrarian at the start of the 20th century. To one that was industrial and protected after the Second World War. And then unshackled and opened up to the world in the 1980s," Chalmers said. "Every time one of these three economies ...

MLC Life recruits merger specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
... Australia. The $12 billion deal - the largest ever foreign acquisition by a Japanese insurer- should be finalised in the second half of this year. Moutsatsos brings extensive experience managing large transformation and integration programs, most recently ...

Partners Group staffer quits to join NYC firm

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
... estate and emerging markets. The Wall Street firm's push into Australia attracted much attention given that it is the second US firm to hire staffers in Australia this week. Monroe Capital, the Chicago-headquartered private credit shop, has also ...

Coller Capital launches first-of-its-kind strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
Several months on from debuting its private equity secondaries fund, Coller Capital has unveiled the Coller Private Credit Secondaries Fund for individual investors in Australia. Catering to high-net-worth investors, the "first of its kind" fund will ...

Mercer appoints chief investment officer from TelstraSuper

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
... Mercer Super, overseeing its investment strategy design and performance. He will be based in Melbourne and commence in the second quarter of the year. Mercer Super chief executive Claire Ross said Miller's appointment reflects the fund's position ...

FSCP orders adviser to undertake further education

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2025
... for recommending a client make a superannuation non-concessional contribution of $329,000 in the 2023 financial year. The second adviser recommended a client make a tax-deductible contribution to superannuation to reduce the tax liability from expected ...

LGT Capital Partners brings $1.6bn PE strategy to Australia

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2025
LGT Capital Partners is providing wholesale investors in Australia and New Zealand access to a fully funded private equity portfolio. The LGT Global Private Equity Australia fund is an Australian-domiciled high-conviction fund that invests into a globally ...