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Federated Hermes to acquire majority interest in FCP

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... Partners Fund Manager (FCP). The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2026, and will be the second private markets acquisition made by Federated Hermes since the beginning of 2025. Based in Maryland, the privately held US real estate ...

JANA bolsters senior team with three key appointments

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... McAvoy will oversee the asset consultant's alternatives research capability, covering investment manager and capital markets research, portfolio construction, and performance outcomes for both client and JANA alternatives portfolios. He will also ...

GAM names distribution and product lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... evergreen Asian Performing Lending vehicle in early 2026. The pan Asia strategy targets the region's private-credit markets, which currently offer a 300-500 bps yield premium to comparable US exposures, supported by tighter lending standards, structured ...

Insignia Financial posts strong quarter

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... transfers of $163 million to Wrap. Insignia Financial chief executive Scott Hartley said positive returns from equity markets have also supported the performance. "During the quarter, we made significant progress on a number of key deliverables from ...

Rumours swirl around Perpetual's wealth business sale

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... reporting growth in assets managed, assets under advice or administration, largely benefitting from continued growth in markets in which they operate," Reilly said. "In our asset management business, equity markets globally delivered strong returns through ...

Feature: Retirement | Rewarding risk

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... only when the GFC happened that everybody thought, 'Hey wait a minute, sequencing risk is important because equity markets do not always go up.' "So, there's been more of a focus on trying to control the volatility profile of that investment ...

APAC insurers favour multi-alternatives strategies: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... Report, which includes responses from life insurers across the world, highlighted that 30% are increasing their private markets allocation over the next 12 months. Close to three-in-five (58%) are satisfied with their current exposure to private markets ...

Allianz Retire+ rejigs executive team, product and marketing chief exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... leadership team ready to accelerate growth, innovation, and impact across Australia's retirement income and life protection markets," Allianz Retire+ said on the changes. In August, Financial Standard first reported that the company made several ...

WAM takes over PIA board, vows to lift underperformance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... strategy that could increase fully franked dividends by 56% to 8.4c per share. "Unfortunately, in a world where investment markets continue to climb, largely due to the performance of a narrow band of companies, the PIA strategy has underperformed the ...

Listed asset managers trail ASX 200 in 2025: Morningstar

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... medium term rather than the double-digit gains seen in 2024. Morningstar equity analyst Shaun Ler said even though equity markets appear buoyed by optimism around further rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve, it does not necessarily translate into performance ...