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MLC Life restructures, appoints lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
MLC Life Insurance is combining its group and retail life insurance divisions to better meet client needs, saying the current level of service is not acceptable. The group has also appointed a new executive team to lead the initiative. The life insurer ...

Global pension fund doubles down on APAC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... regional managing director, Asia, Ben Chan said. In addition to the new office, the fund also recently expanded to late-stage venture and growth equity investments in companies using disruptive technology. It also has plans to expand its capabilities ...

Watermark sheds market neutral fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
... Its old distribution partner was Prodigy Investment Partners, a now defunct multi-boutique business set up as a joint venture between former MLC executive and current Koda Capital Founder Steve Tucker and Western Australian broker Euroz. Euroz decided ...

Local fundie to manage US funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... over the management of two funds with about $130 million in US-based assets, under a revenue share agreement with a joint venture partner. Auctus Investment Group's asset management subsidiary will become the fund manager of two investment trusts that ...

New ETF set to debut on ASX

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
A new growth ETF which mirrors a strategy with a 20-year track record is set to list on the ASX early next month, aiming to achieve returns of 2% per annum above the S&P/ASX 200 benchmark at a 0.97% management fee. Intelligent Investor's Australian ...

Melbourne boutique raising $70m for new fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... for the fund, it will look across renewable energy infrastructure (like large scale solar farms), impact private equity, venture capital and debt for impact-focussed startups, social impact bonds, environmental assets and regenerative farming. The first ...

Rapper charged over crypto scandal

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... help new artists enter the music industry. Mazurek said the rapper "never received a dollar from Mr. Felton's failed venture and immediately removed his name from it once he learned that the project was undeveloped".

Mainstream expands private equity offering

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... services, Hong Kong, Amber Lo said: "We are seeing increased demand for outsourced fund services from private equity, venture capital and real estate funds as a result of increasingly complex regulation, operational compliance and LP demands for better ...

Fintechs drive venture capital: KPMG

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
Venture capital investment in Australian fintechs has grown despite concerns about the pandemic which has seen private equity and mergers and acquisitions activity fall, a new study from KPMG shows. KPMG's latest Pulse of Fintech report reveals ...

Fees fall after super mergers: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... involving 22 super funds; 11 traditional mergers, the integration of Virgin Super and Mercer Super Trust, and the joint venture between Catholic Super and Equipsuper. Rainmaker found that in all 11 of the traditional mergers, the more expensive fund's ...