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Future Fund cleared to manage select asset classes in-house

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
Future Fund chair Greg Combet said that the $300 billion sovereign wealth fund has received the green light from the government to manage a portion of its portfolio internally, speaking at a Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) event ...

Geopolitical risks force family offices into alternatives, cash: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... also gaining strong momentum, with three-quarters (75%) of respondents feeling positive about the prospects for the asset class. BlackRock head of the Americas institutional business Armando Senra said with 60% of family offices pessimistic about the ...

Boutiques wield independence, specialisation over larger managers: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
... US$120 trillion in 2024. BlackRock and Vanguard managed US$22 trillion between them. Some 40% of boutiques believe that asset class specialisation is one of their core competitive strengths, while 30% said their focus on a small number of strategies ...

Middle Australia on track for 'comfortable retirement': ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
... dignified retirement for ordinary Australians, with today's 30-year-olds reaping the rewards of decades of progress in our world-class super system," Delahunty said. "... we can now say that the system foundations are cemented for young, working people ...

Aussies feeling FOMO on private markets: Survey

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
Investors are afraid of missing out on opportunities in private markets, but many are hesitant about the asset class for one reason. Natixis Investment Managers' survey of over 7000 investors around the world found that a third (32%) of Australian ...

Super funds' private market assets grow to $400bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
... some of the larger funds investing a higher percentage. In private equity, super funds splashed $106 billion in this asset class, making it the second-biggest private market asset or a 27% allocation. Private equity saw assets increase by 16% since June ...

ASIC sues Australian Unity for TMD failure

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
... when Australian Unity, the responsible entity of the fund, made three Target Market Determinations (TMDs) identifying the class of suitable investors for the fund. Australian Unity gave prospective investors a questionnaire to determine whether a potential ...

Financial Standard names Investment Manager of the Year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... Perpetual won in fixed income (aggregate bonds and credit/absolute return) with its Perpetual Active Fixed Interest Fund - Class A and Perpetual Diversified Income Fund - Class A, respectively. Vanguard took the international equities (indexed/enhanced) ...

State Street's plan for power, product, partnerships

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) is the largest asset management firm in Australia by locally sourced assets under management (AUM) - by some margin - though few realise. With nearly $500 billion in local assets under its watch, mostly via institutional ...

Perpetual mulls tie up with Partners Group

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
Perpetual is mulling a partnership with Partners Group's Australian arm to develop products and investment strategies for public and private assets. Signing a letter of intent, the two parties hope to collaborate on launching investment vehicles or ...