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Former Rugby World Cup champion joins Centuria Bass Credit

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025
Centuria Bass Credit (CBC) has welcomed David Giffin, the former vice captain of the Wallabies, to the role of deputy chief executive. He has also become the co-head of lending, responsible for private lending origination and loan management across ...

Bull market buoys super funds' 2024 returns

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2025
Superannuation funds turned in double-digit returns for the 2024 calendar year thanks to the bull market, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), with some achieving nearly 12% for their balanced options. Rest's ...

MetLife to acquire PineBridge Investments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2025
MetLife Investment Management, the US$603 billion asset management arm of insurance giant MetLife, is set to acquire PineBridge Investments from Pacific Century Group in a deal valued up to US$1.2 billion. The deal comprises US$800 million in cash at ...

NESS Super partners for financial advice offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
NESS Super will start delivering fully personalised digital financial advice via a partnership with Otivo. NESS Super, whose members are predominantly employed in the electro-technology sectors, has partnered with digital advice platform Otivo to introduce ...

January Capital raises $136m for APAC growth credit fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
The Singapore-based investment firm has raised more than $136 million (US$85 million) on the first close of its Growth Credit Fund, with the strategy focused on growth-stage technology companies. January Capital secured commitments from financial institutions ...

Vantage Point AM hires from Merricks

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
Paul Thomas, co-founder of Vantage Point Asset Management, has returned to the Singapore-based hedge fund after a four-year stint at Merricks Capital, the agricultural credit fund. Thomas has departed the firm backed by Melbourne's wealthy Liberman ...

Real Asset Management taps DWS sales exec

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
Real Asset Management has appointed a new head of institutional capital and investor relations to support the growing demand for income-focused investments. Adam Willis will oversee RAM's relationships with institutional investors and lead its investor ...

Schroders shutters local private debt arm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
Schroders has confirmed its Australian private debt division will close, saying its efforts are better directed elsewhere. Schroders Australia is terminating its local private debt strategy, which was launched in 2020 when it established its private ...

Macquarie AM puts money in Aussie real estate investment firm

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
Macquarie Asset Management's Real Estate division (MAM RE) has invested in IDA - an Australian specialist real estate private credit and investment manager - via its Macquarie Real Estate Partners (MREP) fund. Under the deal, IDA founding partners ...

Super balances drive household wealth growth

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
Household wealth rose for the eighth consecutive quarter, up 2.4% or $401 billion in the September quarter 2024, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Total household wealth was $16.9 trillion in the September quarter, which was 9.9% ...