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Super funds' private market assets grow to $400bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
... private real assets recorded an annual growth of 8%, the Institutional Roundup Report found. Super funds allocated 10.9% of total investments to private real assets with some of the larger funds investing a higher percentage. In private equity, super ...

Private credit market has lenders sweating

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
... respondents said they had a level of concern about the size of the market and its conduct. The top issues raised by 69% of the total lending pool surveyed include pushy practices, inexperienced operators, and the sheer volume of players entering the ...

Australia's billionaire boom branded 'morally wrong' by Oxfam

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... to the anti-poverty organisation's analysis of the Australian Financial Review Rich List. Its analysis exposed that the total wealth of Australia's 200 richest people has grown by 160% to $667.8 billion over the past decade. Property is the primary engine ...

Touchstone closes flagship fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... multi-sector approach and has a 10-year track record. It tracks the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index and aims to achieve total returns. Allspring has $930 billion of assets under management and advisement, managing over $715 billion fixed income assets ...

Allan Gray exposes 'hateful eight' bubble threat

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
... Macquarie, Wesfarmers, Goodman Group, and Aristocrat - racking up 85% of last year's returns despite representing just 28% of total market capitalisation. Mawhinney, speaking at the Allan Gray Australia and Orbis Investments investment forum, noted that ...

Regal Partners charts US expansion

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
... clients accounted for about $600 million or 30% of Regal's net FUM flows. Now, they represent some $3.3 billion or 20% of its total FUM. "... and we are optimistic this could grow materially in the coming years based on our expanding product range and ...

Life insurers report another profitable quarter

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
... claims, AFCA said. In the 2024 financial year, AFCA received 1468 complaints about income protection insurance or IDII in total during 2023-24. Of those, 938 related to group superannuation and 530 came from retail insurance. Delays in claim handling ...

Macquarie snaps up Brazil toll road system

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
Macquarie Asset Management has acquired 100% of Monte Rodovias, a toll road portfolio platform in Brazil, via its managed funds with Macquarie Infrastructure Partners VI. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The platform comprises of the concessionaires ...

Former TCorp exec sets up consultancy

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
A longtime investment professional has set up an investment consultancy to advise superannuation funds on the total portfolio approach (TPA) to investment. Nigel Wilkin-Smith founded Long Horizon Enterprises to address what he sees as a glaring gap ...

Industry funds feast, retail funds snack, corporate funds freefall

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... billion, corporate funds, which have reduced to four entities, account for $36.4 billion, while SMSFs sit at $1 trillion. Total superannuation assets hit $4.1 trillion, up from $3.9 trillion a year prior, a 5% increase, though they dipped 0.8% over the ...