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Regal Partners buys stake in Taurus Funds Management

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023
Regal Partners will acquire 50% of Taurus Funds Management for an upfront consideration of approximately $28 million cash. The transaction will increase Regal's funds under management to $8 billion and is expected to complete in early November. Established ...

Russell Investments executes local leadership revamp

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023
Russell Investments has devised a series of executive appointments to bolster the firm's expansion efforts across the APAC region. Tim Furlan, with nearly two decades of experience in senior roles at Russell Investments' Master Trust and Superannuation ...

Keppel private fund expands into Australia

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2023
The Singaporean investment giant's private fund, the Keppel Education Asset Fund (KEAF) has acquired two education assets in Sydney for $198 million. Backed by institutional investors, including a large sovereign wealth fund and pension funds, KEAF's ...

Private credit boom sweeps Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2023
The private credit boom shows no signs of abating as a spate of wealth managers step into traditional lending practices once dominated by banks. But how long will its golden hour last? After a prolonged low-growth period, fund managers are swooping ...

Fixed income expected to be hotter than stocks: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2023
According to Geneva-based investment house Managing Partners Group (MPG), 92% of institutional investors and wealth managers believe ongoing market volatility and the prospect of recession will make fixed income more attractive than equities over the ...

UniSuper partners to buy Tasmanian timber plantation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023
... fund. UniSuper, the UK's Pension Protection Fund (PPF), and APG Asset Management N.V (APG) on behalf of its Dutch pension fund client ABP have bought Forico and a 170,000-hectare plantation forestry estate in Tasmania. Under the agreement, the three ...

TelstraSuper revamps strategy team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2023
TelstraSuper has promoted a long-standing investment professional to the head of investment strategy. The high-profile David Schneider - who currently runs asset allocation with responsibility for strategic and dynamic asset allocation - will take up ...

HMC Capital reaches first close on fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2023
The asset manager has successfully closed its Health Care and Life Sciences Unlisted real estate fund (UHF) after receiving more than $1 billion, including from major global pension funds. The group said it secured $640 million of equity commitments ...

OTPP, PGGM chief investment officers resign

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023
... Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) will farewell its chief investment officer at the end of the year, as will Dutch pension fund manager PGGM. Overnight, OTPP chief investment officer Ziad Hindo announced he will leave the fund at December end, capping ...

CalPERS investment chief tenders resignation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2023
The chief investment officer of the largest pension fund in the US has resigned after just 18 months in the role. Nicole Musicco will depart the fund on September 29, citing family reasons for her resignation. Having travelled between the fund's ...