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Strategic partnerships focus for global family businesses: Deloitte

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
Roughly half of family businesses globally intend to increase focus on strategic partnerships and joint ventures in the next 12 to 24 months. According to the latest report by Deloitte, which surveyed 1587 senior executives globally from family businesses ...

Federated Hermes to acquire majority interest in FCP

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... growth opportunities." "FCP brings a long-term record of real estate investment performance, which has been driven by a focus on risk-adjusted returns, extensive local and regional market knowledge and deep community relationships. "An additional attraction ...

FEATURE: Fund admin | Tight Ship

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... enough flexibility in that regard. "There are also core issues around accessibility of data in a timely manner. It's our focus to provide better solutions to the super funds on those key areas," he adds. After winning a $7 billion and $2.3 billion mandate ...

JANA bolsters senior team with three key appointments

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... management, and operational experience. Most recently, he held leading roles driving business transformation and operations with a focus on digital infrastructure in Australia. As infrastructure head, he will lead the investment direction of JANA's ...

Super moves: AusSuper, Aware, MLC, JANA, VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... with Infracapital and Hastings. Most recently, he held leading roles driving business transformation and operations with a focus on digital infrastructure in Australia. McAvoy has been promoted from senior consultant. He joined JANA five years ago as ...

Rumours swirl around Perpetual's wealth business sale

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
Perpetual told shareholders negotiations are ongoing for the sale of its wealth business, which was initially announced in February. This comes as Bloomberg reported Oaktree Capital has secured private credit financing from Ares Management and Barings ...

Feature: Retirement | Rewarding risk

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... a minute, sequencing risk is important because equity markets do not always go up.' "So, there's been more of a focus on trying to control the volatility profile of that investment in the retirement phase." As people enter the risk zone before ...

Feature: Group insurance | Cold comfort

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
For much of the past year or so, there has been a great deal of focus on the superannuation industry and its processing of insurance claims, largely owing to immense delays at some of the largest institutions. Stories have emerged of the likes of AustralianSuper ...

APAC insurers favour multi-alternatives strategies: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... Shimizu explained that insurers are sticking close to multi-alternative strategies. "Asia Pacific insurers stand out for their focus on multi-alternative strategies which can offer a more efficient path to portfolio diversification across private assets," ...

Listed asset managers trail ASX 200 in 2025: Morningstar

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... performance. And while some firms like Pinnacle Investment Management have tried to withstand fee pressures by shifting focus to higher-margin asset classes, the broader trend on fees remains downward as competition from passive funds continues to exert ...