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Global tech companies eyeing super funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2025
Technology companies, primarily from the US and Europe, are preparing to come to Australia to pitch their capabilities to our super funds next week for the AM Tech Day summit. Invartis Consulting country head Nigel Janz told Financial Standard these ...

KKR backs Aussie GPs with financing deal

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2025
... Diane Raposio said the firm is pleased to partner with Family Doctor, flagging that KKR has continuously searched for companies to provide such service. "Our investment builds on our experience and ability to work with homegrown champions and entrepreneurs ...

Clime Investment Management lands new strategic partnerships

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
... he believes Clime should be "both a great investment manager and a great investment." "Great investments are valuable companies with strong moats, the ability to compound income growth over time, and clear competitive advantages. In the Australian market ...

PM Capital confirms proposal to acquire Platinum funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
... and cash. PM Capital, as the investment manager of PGF, has agreed to cover the premium and transaction costs for both companies, with PMC's costs subject to an agreed cap. In an ASX statement, PGF said it expects that the PMC proposal would result ...

Annuities' capital settings due for change: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
... the supply of longevity products, but it has prudential considerations in balancing the financial resilience of life companies with commercially viable innovation. Associate professor at UNSW Sydney Anthony Asher said the proposed change will "unlikely ...

GCQ enters ETF market, expands sales team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... trade on the ASX as an active ETF providing investors with access to GCQ's concentrated portfolio of high-quality companies. GCQ Global Equities Complex ETF (GCQF) will start trading on 3 March 2025. The launch of the ETF follows the appointment ...

Global active equity managers suffer their worst year in decades

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... performance of the big four banks similarly created challenges for active managers, many of whom were underweight in these companies. But the slump in large resource stocks like BHP and Rio Tinto worked in their favour, resulting in the median Australian ...

Court acts against two with links to Shield Master Fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... of the Shield Master Fund was invested in the Advantage Diversified Property Fund (ADPF), which made loans to several companies associated with former Keystone Asset Management director Paul Chiodo. The loans were allegedly to fund developments in Fiji ...

ASIC turns up the heat on private markets

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
... non-bank financial lending and investments made by institutional investors directly into asset classes such as private companies, infrastructure and debt". It categorises private markets across four key areas: private equity, private credit, infrastructure ...

Monetary policy not the only game in town: Brian Redican

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
... and driving the economy." Beyond defence, Redican noted the recent US earnings season saw strong profits from big tech companies, with a standout thematic being their investment in artificial intelligence. He pointed to Meta's planned $65 billion in ...