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Alternative real estate investment manager launches new fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025
Investment manager Zagga has unveiled a new real estate private credit fund that invests directly in quality prime commercial real estate across Australia's east coast. The Singapore Variable Capital Company (VCC) - the Zagga Real Estate Credit Fund ...

MA Financial partners to invest $2.6bn in middle market loans

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025
... to US$1.7 billion (AU$2.6 billion) in senior secured loans to US middle market borrowers. The joint venture expects to benefit from broad access to high-quality, proprietary deal flow of first-lien senior-secured loans to middle market companies by leveraging ...

Channel Capital launches Apollo asset-backed credit trust in Australia

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025
Channel Capital has launched an open-ended, semi-liquid investment solution providing Australian wholesale investors access to Apollo's asset-backed finance strategies. The strategy benefits from a "flexible" investment mandate and multiple origination ...

Life insurance premiums edge lower

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
Annual premiums from active life insurance policies fell 1.7% to $16.2 billion in the year to December 2024 - a $300 million decline from the previous year - according to DEXX&R. The market research firm's latest Life Analysis report showed total new ...

Future Fund muscles past annual target return, lags in March quarter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
The Future Fund delivered a 7.9% return for the year to March 31, topping its annual target; though its quarterly performance undershot the benchmark. The sovereign wealth fund returned 1.2% for the March quarter, below the 1.9% target. However, over ...

ETF Shares introduces three ETFs on Cboe

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
ETF Shares will debut three ETFs on Cboe Australia tomorrow in a bid to stake a claim in the "highly concentrated" market. ETFS US Quality ETF (BEST), ETFS US Technology ETF (WWW) and ETFS Magnificent 7+ ETF (HUGE) all invest in US shares and charge ...

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 ...

ASIC streamlines AFSL applications

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
The regulator launched a new digital portal for Australian financial services licence (AFSL) applications. From today, those wishing to gain an AFSL can use ASIC's new portal, integrated with the ASIC Regulatory Portal. It has a new interface and method ...

Labor wins: What super, advice industries want

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
... on super. The super lobby group called on the Albanese government to draft of legal reforms to around super's death benefit laws, so family violence perpetrators do not profit from their abuse. The group also called for "ending age-based discrimination" ...

Finchley & Kent adopts Padua Solutions tech suite

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
... our commitment to transforming financial advice through innovative, accessible technology." Advisers will immediately benefit from reduced complexity and enhanced productivity, Padua said. Also commenting, Finchley & Kent's Sam El Shammaa said: "We're ...