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How super funds could better support members: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2024
New research from TAL has revealed the expectations of Australians approaching retirement versus the lived experience of retirees. The research, titled What I Wish I Knew About Retirement, surveyed 1000 Australians 55 and older and highlighted the important ...

HMC Capital scoops up Payton Capital

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2024
HMC Capital has acquired commercial real estate fund manager Payton Capital, kickstarting the first step in its plan to create a $5 billion private credit platform. HMC agreed to purchase Payton for $127.5 million; six times its estimated earnings for ...

Geopolitical risks push APAC family office allocations locally

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2024
Geopolitical risks are dictating how family offices in the Asia Pacific invest as more intend to shift asset allocations to their home regions, according to UBS. Family offices surveyed in the UBS Global Family Office Report across the Asia Pacific ...

Family offices up active management, eye generative AI: UBS

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024
... billion in wealth, said this trend comes amid a widening gap in stock performance. "Amid rapid technological change, shifting rate expectations and uneven growth, the increased dispersion of returns offers opportunities for active management," the report ...

Major themes to watch in the ETF space

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024
... executive Evan Metcalf said a major trend he has noticed was those wanting to invest in gold ETFs, despite the high interest rate environment. "Gold markets have really been rallying in the face of rising rates, which is somewhat unusual," Metcalf said. ...

PrimaryMarkets launches new financial adviser channel

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2024
PrimaryMarkets has launched a new channel aimed at making alternative investments more accessible to financial advisers and their clients. The platform affords advisers and their client's access to a spectrum of investment opportunities, including unlisted ...

RBA hints another rate rise could be on the cards

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2024
... the board has considered a hike, but that there was a stronger case for keeping interest rates on hold. "The resumption of rate hike discussions in May follows the removal of that deliberation at the March board meeting," Commonwealth Bank senior economist ...

Financial services firms concerned about attracting staff

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2024
... market. On one side the labour market is slightly softening with more candidates available but on the other hand, unemployment rate, although on the rise, continues to hover historically low with a persistent demand for skilled talent. But despite demand ...

Super funds to solve the housing crisis?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2024
... regulations, and state-based regulations, which is why housing is such a "vexed issue." To unlock housing supply at a faster rate, she said institutional investors need to be "equity providers." "How do you get that risk-return profile to match up when ...

Private markets demand cools: bfinance

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2024
Investors' appetite for private market strategies appears to be waning as capital raisings fail to keep pace with the frenzied demand in 2023. According to a new report from bfinance, Manager intelligence and market trends, global private markets ...