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Activist fund manager promotes three staffers

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... Income Maximiser - a listed investment company that offers investors steady monthly income stream and capital growth with less risk exposure. Milne has worked in the industry for over seven years. Before her role at Wilson AM, she was a sell-side equity ...

BlackRock takes stake in Generation Life parent company

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... partnership with its retirement income subsidiary Generation Life to "set a new standard for managing longevity and sequencing risk." Joint working groups between BlackRock and Generation Life are already active but new retirement income solutions are ...

The top-performing (and worst) asset classes of the past year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... investment returns on an annual basis over the last decade, reveals that there's few reliable themes, except that greater risk tends to be rewarded by greater return. Equity markets, nevertheless, took pole position last year. International equities ...

Australian private capital sector totals $139bn: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... volatility, inflationary pressures and higher interest rates. Against the backdrop, Australia-focused funds offered an "attractive" risk and return profile, including a 13.8% median net internal rate of return among vintage funds between 2014 and 2021 ...

Australian Ethical calls out QBE

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
Australian Ethical Investment has called on QBE Insurance Group to disclose the risk climate change presents to its ongoing business, and the justification for its policy that allows the continued unrestricted underwriting of new oil and gas projects ...

Franklin Templeton brings Lexington Partners PE fund down under

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... in the retail and wholesale space, they have long been a foundational allocation for institutions due to their compelling risk-return profile, and we believe they should play a similar role in non-institutional client portfolios. "We are thrilled to ...

FAAA calls for stronger consumer protections in advice reforms

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025
The Financial Advice Association of Australia (FAAA) has opposed collective charging for "always complex and costly" retirement planning advice and emphasised the need for consumer protection in the provision of super nudges in its submission to Treasury ...

Alternative real estate investment manager launches new fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025
... markets, but Australia is quickly capturing attention. The expanding opportunities and maturing market offer an attractive risk return premium that resonates with local investors."

MA Financial partners to invest $2.6bn in middle market loans

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025
... US middle market presents a compelling opportunity to deploy capital to real world economy businesses while earning strong risk-adjusted returns and benefiting from robust lender protections that are foundational to our credit philosophy. We are excited ...

Channel Capital launches Apollo asset-backed credit trust in Australia

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025
... strategies are known for their defensive characteristics, often structured with strong collateral protection to reduce default risk and improve recoveries," Mandekic said. "Asset backed finance can provide investment-grade equivalent risk with the potential ...