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Inconsistencies abound in Future Fund mandate change: Deloitte

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024
Given its strong performance, the bar for making changes to the Future Fund's mandate should be set very high and Treasury's latest directive does not meet that threshold, Deloitte Access Economics says, adding they raise more questions than they answer. ...

Top asset owners return to growth: Study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024
Assets of the top 100 asset owners globally returned to growth last year, with five Australian funds placed on the list and commanding 3% of the total assets. The Asset Owner 100 study from the Thinking Ahead Institute shows the world's top 100 asset ...

Insignia completes MLC, NAB separation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024
Insignia Financial has completed the separation of MLC from NAB, transitioning the MLC MasterKey and Plum registries. Insignia Financial has transferred 700,000 MasterKey and Plum accounts, 55 systems and applications and more than 100 terabytes of ...

Investors plan to continue private markets love affair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024
More than 50% of investors are expecting to increase their exposure to private markets over the next 18 months, with infrastructure and private debt managers expected to benefit most. That's according to bfinance's latest Global Asset Owner Survey ...

Adviser suspended over wrongful use of ROAs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024
A Matrix Planning Solutions adviser is suspended from providing advice for the next three months after failing to supply Statements of Advice (SOAs) where required. Ian Reid, the principal adviser at Temora's A&B Financial Planning, was suspended for ...

Super fund adds to Payden & Rygel mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024
... increasing interest rates by hundreds of basis points within a 12-month time horizon," he said. Last month, GSFM hired Ben Williams as its new head of retail business, hailing from Warakirri Asset Management. It also appointed a new chair in Robert Johanson ...

Gensler to leave SEC in January

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2024
Gary Gensler, the chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), will leave the regulator on January 20. The SEC has announced Gensler will depart at midday on 20 January 2025, coinciding with the commencement of President-elect Donald Trump's ...

CapitaLand builds out Australian presence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2024
Singapore-based real assets manager CapitaLand Investment is expanding in Australia, appointing both a local chief executive and chief investment officer. CapitaLand Investment is a global manager of shopping centres, residential, logistics and office ...

Pinnacle goes global with acquisitions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024
Having successfully completed a $400 million placement in support, Pinnacle Investment Management is acquiring stakes in two international fund managers. Pinnacle is taking strategic stakes in VSS Holdings and Pacific Asset Management for a total of ...

Future Fund to back energy transition, residential housing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024
The Future Fund has been handed a new mandate, with the government directing it to prioritise investments in the energy transition, residential housing, and infrastructure. The $230 billion sovereign wealth fund has been provided with a new investment ...