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Mercer snaps up Northern Trust AM exec

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... and sovereign wealth funds. Before Northern Trust, Morgan spent four years at Mercer in Australia as the head of institutional sales and strategy. Morgan has been in financial services for over 15 years, having held various leadership roles in consulting ...

abrdn embraces letter 'E' again

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
... investments business were down 9% in 2024 to £797 million, while adjusted operating profit rose 22% to £61 million. Institutional and retail wealth gross inflows were up 31% to £25.5 billion, however net inflows were just £0.3 billion.

NZ Super commits NZ$50m to private equity manager

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
... clients, including sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, community trusts, iwi groups, religious trusts and other institutional investors. NZ Super head of external investments and partnerships Del Hart praised Direct Capital's "strong" track record ...

State Street expands global custody footprint

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2025
... its existing and new clients in Japan. "Having deep familiarity with the requirements and expectations of Japanese institutional investors, we look forward to meeting their needs not only in global custody but also data management, risk and performance ...

CSC-backed fund manager to launch in Netherlands

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
... investment-grade fund and a high yield fund in the first year of trading. London-based Osmosis Holdings is backed by institutional shareholders including the Oxford Endowment Fund, managed by Oxford University Endowment Management. Osmosis seeks superior ...

Property developer, investment firm goes 'all in' on Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
... enhance performance - like financial services." The new Professional Partners Fund will offer sophisticated and institutional investors access to local professional services firms seeking growth. It is a close ended Australian unit trust targeting an ...

ASIC turns up the heat on private markets

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
... intervention. ASIC defines private markets as "private capital funds, non-bank financial lending and investments made by institutional investors directly into asset classes such as private companies, infrastructure and debt". It categorises private markets ...

Solutions to avoid concentration risk: Scientific Beta

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
... increasing dominance of giant technology stocks poses "significant challenges" for superannuation funds and other institutional investors, as index solutions provider Scientific Beta touts two possible approaches to better manage concentration risk. ...

Super fund investment in US to skyrocket

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
... their portfolios, manage risks and deliver healthy long-term returns for their members," the report said. "Large institutional pension funds are now investing nearly half their assets in international markets, with nearly $800 billion currently invested ...

MLC wary of but not opposed to bitcoin

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
... MLC is open to the possibility of investing in bitcoin in the future, but now is not the right time. "Like many institutional investors, we remain in the 'not now', rather than 'not ever' to bitcoin camp," Farmer said. "Wind the clock back a few years ...