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Australian private capital industry surges 33%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024
... returns by investing in Australian ideas, businesses, and assets. Fundraising amongst Australia-focused private capital funds moderated in 2023, compared with record levels in 2021 to 2022, but continued at levels in line with pre-pandemic norms, with ...

CSLR kicks off, 2k await compensation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024
... supporting a number of people who previously haven't had access to any sort of recourse to help them recover some of the funds that they may have lost. We're looking forward to being able to assist them through that process." The CSLR's remit ...

Legalsuper names chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... of US think tank AIF Global's Center for Private Capital Investing. Previously, he spent more than 16 years at Victorian Funds Management Corporation, first as head of asset class - debt and absolute returns, and then as head of portfolio management. ...

ASIC wins greenwashing case against Vanguard

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... fund. This was to have occurred between August 2018 and February 2021. As at February 2021, the fund had about $1 billion in funds under management. The claims were made via a variety of mediums, including in 12 product disclosure statements, a media ...

Investment managers embracing AI: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... classes. Equities lead the way, with 61% of managers seeing significant prospects for value creation, followed by hedge funds at 53% and digital assets at 45%. Meanwhile, 47% of managers see significant potential for value creation in fixed income. "In ...

Super fund expenditure to be exposed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
APRA will publicly expose the way superannuation fund trustees are spending and investing members' funds later this year. The move comes after a consultation with the industry in which APRA sought feedback on proposals to treat most of the data it now ...

Infrastructure a foundational portfolio asset class: IFM Investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... infrastructure since 2011, though this is proportionally meagre compared to the $40 trillion size of the market. "... the more mature funds in defined benefit markets struggle with the weakened funding and a future of negative cashflows, limiting their ...

AFCA flags legal uncertainty on SMSF wholesale test

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... must be mindful of the "legal uncertainty" that exists when applying the appropriate wholesale test on self-managed super funds (SMSF), according to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA). AFCA senior ombudsman Alex Sidoti used a case study ...

HMC Capital acquires asset manager

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... billion on behalf of institutional, high-net-worth and retail investors. HMC Capital said it is well positioned to grow its funds under management to over $20 billion in the medium term.

Best super fund products revealed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024
... strength, have been named. Rainmaker Information awarded its annual "symbol of excellence" AAA Quality Rating to 48 super funds, which collectively offer 164 first-rate products. This represents a decrease from the 56 AAA-rated funds last year, a shift ...