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Monetary policy not the only game in town: Brian Redican

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
Mohamed El-Erian, who was chief executive of Harvard's endowment and PIMCO, published The Only Game in Town in 2016, presenting central banks as the key driver of the economic agenda. But now it's governments in the driver's seat, NSW Treasury Corporation ...

Custodians revel in double-digit gains

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
... under custody climb 12.2% to $540 billion; in the period it scored a $4.4 billion mandate from The University of Sydney Endowment Fund. In late December, it also announced it had secured a custody mandate from Insignia Financial totalling $319.6 billion ...

LGT Capital Partners brings $1.6bn PE strategy to Australia

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2025
... secondaries and co-investments focused on buyout opportunities, LGT Capital Partners said. The fund will work alongside LGT Endowment - the firm's evergreen portfolio - to create "strong alignment of interests." The open-end structured strategy invests ...

AMP defies super fund herd with Bitcoin bet

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024
... seeing much evidence of that at all. What you're seeing is retail platforms using bitcoin to trade, potentially some endowment funds are using it, but we're not seeing pension funds," he said. He added that shouldn't come as any surprise ...

GPT Group, Perron enter retail partnership

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2024
... said. "This transaction also aligns with the evolution of Perron Group's broader strategic objectives as a permanent endowment to support the work of the Stan Perron Charitable Foundation." Completion of the transaction is expected in February 2025.

AMP nabs Mercer wealth manager

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024
... second Mercer executive to depart in as many weeks. Shane Brereton spent seven years working in Mercer's wealth endowment & foundation business, but he 'happily' took redundancy in September. He recently joined Genium as an investment con ...

HarbourVest adds to local team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2024
HarbourVest Partners has hired Vanessa Pham as vice president of its private client group. The private markets specialist said Pham's appointment comes as the asset manager looks to further increase its coverage in the private wealth and family ...

First Sentier makes leadership appointments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024
First Sentier Investors (FSI) has announced two key leadership appointments, effective 1 January 2025. Harry Moore, currently the global head of distribution, marketing, and communications is appointed to the newly created role of chief commercial officer. ...

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 ...

Newmark Capital elevates distribution capabilities

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2024
... Deligiannis to engage with financial advisers, dealer groups, private wealth firms, family offices, chief investment officers, endowment funds and wholesale investors. General manager of funds management and operations Mark Lumby is delighted to have ...