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Geopolitical risks force family offices into alternatives, cash: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... offices out of US equities, diversifying into cash and liquid alternatives, according to BlackRock's annual Global Family Office Survey. Global family offices find themselves in "risk-management mode" as more than two-thirds (68%) are scrambling ...

Australian Ethical, CEFC pour $30m into climate tech venture

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
... super funds, and government with corporate partners to derisk and accelerate our investments," Kline said. The BESEN Family Office, Qantas and Airbus were among the contributors to the first close, accumulating to over $50 million in investment.

Ascalon hires from SCM, Zenith and GQG

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025
... Partners, Magellan Asset Management, and Ankura Capital. In the new role, Flygare will consult to private wealth, family office, institutional and endowment clients. Noting that the advice market continues to evolve, Hawke said Ascalon Capital was founded ...

BFA Global heads offshore

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... in one of the region's key financial hubs. Belz, a former executive at Goldman Sachs and the Victor Smorgon family office, will be relocating to Singapore at the end of July to oversee the firm's regional growth plans. According to Belz, the ...

Remara adds private wealth lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
Alternative assets firm Remara Investment Management has welcomed a new head of distribution to cater to the firm's private wealth clients. Wayne Richardson joins Remara Investment Management with nearly two decades of experience in financial services ...

LGT Crestone, AUSIEX acquisitions finalised

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
AUSIEX has finalised its acquisition of FIIG Holdings, while LGT Crestone's takeover of Commonwealth Bank of Australia's (CBA) private wealth business has completed. AUSIEX, which is a subsidiary of Nomura Research Institute (NRI), has now expanded ...

Ironbark acquires family office firm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
... expanded its private wealth business with the acquisition of Mercury Private, a Sydney-based high-net-worth and family office firm. Established in May 2015, Mercury offers a range of financial services from investment advice, asset protection, tax structuring ...

CFS awards global equities mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
Colonial First State (CFS) has awarded a global equities mandate to a US$160 billion fund manager. US fund manager Brown Advisory has won the mandate to oversee the global equities strategy available on FirstChoice, debuting on May 24. The option - ...

Family offices to splash cash in APAC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2025
... allocations to Asia Pacific, excluding Greater China, over the next five years. That's according to the latest Global Family Office Study from UBS, which found 55% of APAC family offices are planning to invest more in their own backyard. Some 30% said ...

New gigs for Qantas Super execs

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... Grogan, the deputy investment chief at the national carrier's super fund, recently started work at Cambooya, a family office associated with the interests of the Fairfax family. Grogan spent 12 years as the head of defensive assets and deputy investment ...