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Government targets ASX dominance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023
... equity market products during the December 2022 quarter, but its dominance may begin to diminish as businesses explore alternative providers of clearing and settlement services. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the legislative changes were part of a larger ...

Australian investors pivot portfolios

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2023
... 43% to 58% in 2022. Within APAC, private equity was the most picked asset for investors planning to increase their alternative allocation, chosen by 62% of those surveyed. Next in line was infrastructure chosen by 61%, investors also considered real ...

Family offices ready to take risks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2023
... feeling inflation has peaked and 54% saying markets are over the worst and set for recovery. However, interest in alternative assets and riskier investments is growing generally, Ocorian said. About 56% of respondents said there is greater transparency ...

Former director hit with dishonesty charges

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
ASIC has charged a former Reiwa-Capital director Russell Sandiford with dishonest conduct related to a financial product or service. Following an ASIC investigation into Sandiford and his company, Reiwa-Capital, the regulator alleged he obtained $459,489.70 ...

Alternatives investors await more corrections: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... global institutional investors expressed concerns over asset valuations and subdued optimism in Preqin's newly released Alternative assets H1 2023 report. The survey, which included Australian investors, found that hedge funds experienced their toughest ...

First Sentier partners with AlbaCore Capital

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... corporate credit product offerings, including private credit. FSI chief executive Mark Steinberg said: "We identified alternative credit as a strategically important space for us to consider and we felt that AlbaCore's unique position in the European ...

Lending to small businesses increases: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2023
... to large businesses, the RBA said, as small practices generally rely more on bank loans given that they have fewer alternative sources of funding. In CPA Australia's latest survey, some 47% of Aussie business owners are aged 50 and over. CPA Australia ...

Spirit Super appoints deputy chief investment officer

ELIZABETH FRY, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
The $26 billion industry superannuation fund will soon welcome a deputy chief investment officer, recruiting from Frontier. Philip Naylor has been named in the role and will join the fund in April. In addition to being deputy chief investment officer ...

E&P Investments hunts new RE

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023
... Property Fund. E&P Investments is currently responsible entity for all six of the schemes, however, is seeking an alternative responsible entity in line with E&P's strategic objective of exiting non-core businesses. For some of the schemes, it added ...

Active fund managers historically underperform: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2023
A staggering majority of actively managed Australian equity funds are underperforming in the short term and across every time horizon, the latest SPIVA Scorecard reveals. Nearly 79% of active fund managers focused on Aussie equities underperformed the ...