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SMC highlights long-term benefits of investing in private markets

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
... "To continue to deliver such strong investment returns..., it is imperative that the system settings continue to support scale and its long investment horizon, which are safeguarded by the policy principles of preservation, universality and compulsion." ...

Bennelong partners with Allspring for fund launch

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
... in-demand income solution" to local investors. "With over 390 investment professionals and 20 global offices, Allspring has scale and experience alongside a strong investment reputation especially in active fixed income," Burke said. "We're looking forward ...

Macquarie raked over the coals again by ASIC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2025
... 2009 and February 2024, it failed to correctly report at least 73 million short sales. The regulator, however, believes the scale of total misreporting could be between 298 million and 1.5 billion short sales. ASIC also contends that Macquarie incorrectly ...

Benchmark-clinging passive investors risk meagre returns: Perpetual

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
... He acknowledged that while passive investing offers individuals investors a low-cost way to build wealth, its collective scale has begun to distort broader market dynamics. "... worryingly, market regulators believe in the purity of the benchmark and ...

Former Qualitas duo launch funds management shop

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
... dwellings by 2046. In response to construction firm collapses, Poinsettia Capital noted that a growing cohort of mid- to large-scale apartment and mixed-use developers are bringing construction in-house, launching their own building arms to regain cost ...

HESTA members to keep paying fees as disruption continues

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... spokesperson said. In addition, the fund said that the timeframe of more than two months was necessary for such a large-scale project. "This is a critical phase of the project, designed to ensure the safe and secure transfer of our one million-plus members' ...

BlackRock takes stake in Generation Life parent company

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... innovator. "By combining Generation Life's technical expertise and product structuring capabilities with BlackRock's scale in technology and investment management, this strategic alliance enables BlackRock to contribute to the development of ...

Australian Ethical calls out QBE

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... climate risk over the long term and further threatening its ability to provide general and commercial insurance at the current scale." Ethical stewardship lead at Australian Ethical Amanda Richman said the investment manager is calling on QBE to disclose ...

Franklin Templeton brings Lexington Partners PE fund down under

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... Lexington partner John Lee added that underscores the firm's commitment in delivering "impactful" investment solutions. "Scale is a key advantage in the secondaries market, and Lexington's ability to raise substantial funds positions us strongly ...

Platinum merger no cure for active managers' challenges

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
A merger between Platinum Asset Management and L1 Capital may deliver scale, but it won't resolve the deeper structural issues dogging traditional active managers, including fee pressure and market share loss to passive investment vehicles like ETFs ...