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Warburg Pincus private equity strategy launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2026
... public markets and achieve medium-to-long-term capital growth by constructing a diversified portfolio of global private market investments. This is primarily via direct private equity and equity-related investments alongside Warburg Pincus-managed strategies. ...

Apostle names new head of distribution

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2026
Apostle Funds Management has named a new head of distribution shortly after securing its chief executive. Jonas Daly is joining the firm this week and will lead its national distribution team to oversee the firm's institutional and wholesale distribution ...

Emerging markets, private assets lift NGS Super FY26 performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2026
Emerging markets, commodities and maturing private assets took the shine away from equities, helping deliver nearly 12% p.a. for NGS Super members over the last financial year. Headline performers were less about the dominance of global and local equities ...

Special Feature: Beyond safekeeping

BRENDAN SWIFT  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2026
... internalised book of record for private markets via BlackRock's eFront, providing a secondary view on valuations and private market data rather than relying solely on the custodian. "Four or five years ago, they probably looked at each other in quite ...

Viridian promotes to investment team, launches Infinity

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2026
Viridian Financial Group announced three promotions to its investment leadership team as it merges its asset management and private wealth businesses under a single unit called Infinity. Viridian has brought together Infinity Asset Management and its ...

UniSuper backs tech despite AI caution

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2026
UniSuper has reaffirmed its conviction in the global technology sector after delivering another year of double-digit returns in its Balanced option. Despite acknowledging technology is likely to continue its stellar run the fund warned valuations in ...

Former T. Rowe Price distribution head finds new role

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2026
After a four-month hiatus, the sales director is now calling Evidentia Private, the private wealth arm of Evidentia Group, home. Former T. Rowe Price head of intermediary sales for Australia Jonathon Ross has joined Evidentia Private as principal, private ...

European PE firm mandates Apostle with Australian distribution

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2026
... managing partner and head of debt opportunities Amyn Pesnani noted investors are increasingly seeking specialist private market strategies that can provide differentiated sources of return. "As we looked to establish our presence in Australia and New ...

Special Feature: Rewarding patient capital

PENNY PRYOR  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2026
... to allocate to on an ongoing basis," Ashston says. "For advisers that are sophisticated enough to use a lot of private market type product, there is also an understanding that private equity has had some issues, and so it may be there's a little ...

Hostplus delivers double-digit FY26 returns

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2026
Hostplus Balanced (MySuper) option delivered members 10.8% for the financial year 2025-26, while the Indexed Balanced option and the High Growth option returned members 11.06% and 12.61% respectively. Hostplus chief investment officer Sam Sicilia said ...