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Stafford Capital establishes $1.8bn forestry fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
... Stafford said. "The portfolio's diversification and scale have made it a highly attractive vehicle for institutional investors, particularly for large pension schemes that view timberland as a core long-term strategic asset within their portfolios," ...

APAC investors push for 24-hour trading in US markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
A new whitepaper by DTCC explores the implications of US markets switching to a 24x5 trading schedule, allowing investors to trade 24 hours a day, five days a week. The paper said global demand, especially from APAC investors, and regulatory permissibility ...

Morningstar moves to pay-for-play model

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
... our clients and evolving our business model, we're ensuring our ratings are transparent, and aligned with the way investors and advisers make decisions." The research house is also updating the methodology for its medalist ratings which will go live ...

MSCI launches index combining public and private equity investments

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
... traded stocks and private equity investments into a single coherent benchmark. As private markets gain traction among investors, private equity is increasingly represented in portfolios. This generates opportunities for diversification, long-term return ...

Women in Super announces new board line-up

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
... on advocacy, equity and industry engagement. First up is Carla De Campo, executive director of public affairs at IFM Investors where she leads global media, government, and stakeholder relations. At the industry fund-owned global asset manager, she helps ...

Record investment into AI forcing largest innovation buildout ever: BlackRock

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
... moving into the new year, as it identifies that the AI buildout could be unprecedented in both speed and scale but some investors fear a bubble is forming. Market bubbles, including the dotcom and 1929 bubbles, have arisen in all major times of transformation ...

ASIC eyeing advisers recommending private credit funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
... surveillance will look at disclosures of fees and margins, and the distribution practices of private credit funds to retail investors, with a specific focus on the adviser channel," Kirkland said. "We want to understand how retail private credit funds ...

Waning AI optimism, Fed rate cut driving US pullback: UniSuper

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
... last year, beating investor expectations, the positivity hasn't been reflected in the share price. A lot of the big investors, including Peter Thiel and SoftBank, have been selling their Nvidia shares. Its shares were down 12.5% in the month of November. ...

Shield proposes to liquidate equities to pay investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
... unitholders in other classes," Alvarez & Marsal said. The proposal is described as "the best mechanism to return funds to investors as quickly and efficiently as possible." The SMF offered the Advantage Diversified Property Class (ADPC) Fund at one point ...

T. Rowe Price appoints head of institutional distribution

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
... clients in Australia and New Zealand." The appointment will allow the firm to advance its engagements with institutional investors by offering tailored solutions and dedicated expertise to the market, it added.