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500 jobs to be axed at abrdn

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024
... expected savings are in addition to those already flagged from recent divestments, like its European-headquartered private equity business. In the second half of 2023, abrdn saw net outflows of $24 billion (£12.4bn), or about 3% of its assets. This ...

Future Fund soars to $272.3bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2024
... Further, Arndt said this makes it less likely that interest rate reductions will be required. "The change in the private equity exposure is mostly due to currency and return effects. We do continue to process some write downs through that portfolio that'll ...

KKR rolls out alternatives education solution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2024
... Alternatives Unlocked platform offers macroeconomic insights, investment perspectives and educational content across private equity, infrastructure, real estate, and credit asset classes. It is currently available to financial professionals across the ...

Blackstone appoints co-chief investment officers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2024
The private equity giant promoted two of its senior executives to the newly created roles, while promoting one other to the position of global co-head of real estate. Blackstone said the appointments are reflective of the increasing breadth of investment ...

Balanced portfolios to reap rewards in 2024: UBS

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2024
... from the traditional 60-40 stock-bond portfolio to a 40-30-30 stock-bond-alternatives, with a diversified mix of private equity, private credit, and real assets could increase annual returns 80-100 basis per year with 50-75 basis points less volatility." ...

AustralianSuper supersizes Churchill Asset Management mandate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2023
... manager's partnership, first announced in December 2022, continues to target senior and unitranche loans to private equity-backed US middle market companies. "AustralianSuper's latest instalment reinforces the strength of our strategic partnership ...

Private markets make concrete inroads with advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023
... point, but the products themselves are starting to look and feel a lot more like a managed fund." Investors in private equity, for example, are traditionally known as "limited partnership arrangement". "Investors are not actually a unitholder, but partner ...

Barings prepares new strategies for local institutional investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023
... with a steady stream of transactions, private debt players are increasingly capturing market share from banks. The private equity sponsor network, traditionally reliant on banks for about 90% to 100% of demand is now experiencing a shift. Barings Private ...

Billionaires of all ages watching AI: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023
... 12 months and 38% plan to increase developed market bond holdings. By contrast, the successor generations favour private equity, with 59% looking to raise direct private equity investments and 55% looking to invest more in private equity funds. "This ...

Aware Super commits $10bn investment from new London base

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023
... concentrate its additional investments from its London headquarters into sectors like real estate, infrastructure, and private equity, focusing on the energy transition, affordable housing, life sciences, technology, and digital infrastructure. "We are ...