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Platform fees, poor resourcing a red flag for regulator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023
... evaluate for comparisons, not designed with the target audience in mind, or not suitably marketed to the right target market." Second, she pointed out several operational shortcomings across platforms. This includes that platforms do not have sufficiently ...

Insto injects further $530m in Qualitas

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023
... insto committed $750 million into the Qualitas Construction Debt Fund II in August. In the same month, Qualitas secured a second commitment of $700 million from a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA). The sovereign wealth fund now ...

Global insurers eye private markets, clean energy: BlackRock

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2023
... insurers are also alert to inflation concerns, with 71% of respondents citing it as the biggest economic surprise for the second consecutive year. Close behind, 59% flagged recession risk as their primary macroeconomic concern. Over half of insurers ...

First Super appoints to board

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2023
Forestry industry leader Mick Stephens will join the First Super board as an associate director. Stephens brings over 30 years' experience to the role, having worked in the forestry industry and related fields as a resource economist, including ...

EQT launches new wholesale fund down under

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023
... co-invest in companies alongside EQT's funds. Following its successful launch in the Nordics in May, Australia is the second market to go live in a global rollout. EQT head of capital raising Australia Martin Donnelly said it comes in response to ...

BNP Paribas wins UniSuper mandate

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023
... significant operational efficiencies alongside future optionality in regards to trading and access to liquidity." It's the second mandate for BNP Paribas this month, having been reappointed by HUB24 for local and global services.

HMC Capital reaches first close on fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2023
... The fund is also expected to realise positive valuation gains on completion of these developments. UHF is the group's second unlisted institutional fund raised in 2023 with HMC Capital reporting it now manages over $2 billion of committed unlisted ...

Bank of England holds rates at 5.25%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2023
... market-implied path for Bank Rate of just under 5.5% over a three-year period, CPI inflation would align with the 2% target by the second quarter of 2025. Following this period, inflation is expected to drop below the target.

Don't believe inflation hype, says Pendal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2023
... hikes, Pendal's Oliver Ge doesn't think we're returning to the 1970s any time soon. In an update, Ge said any talk of a second wave of inflation and fresh interest rate increases on the back of recent US inflation data is unfounded. In August, the US ...

Pacific Current Group buys into fund manager

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023
... profiles. Specifically, the firm invests across the capital structure, including unitranche debt, synthetic unitranche debt, second-lien debt, mezzanine debt, and minority equity. Avante will continue to be overseen by its founders and principals and ...