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MSCI launches index combining public and private equity investments

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
MSCI has launched the MSCI All Country Public + Private Equity Index, combining publicly traded stocks and private equity investments into a single coherent benchmark. As private markets gain traction among investors, private equity is increasingly ...

ASIC eyeing advisers recommending private credit funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
... to assess performance and make informed investment decisions. "Private assets in particular are subject to heightened valuation risks, due to infrequent trading and limited price discovery. Many of the private credit funds we reviewed were open-ended ...

Royal London AM launches four new funds locally

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2025
... this aims to deliver balanced, diversified portfolios designed to perform across market cycles, underpinned by rigorous valuation discipline and integrated ESG principles. The Short Duration Global High Yield Fund is the firm's first local fixed income ...

Principal rejoins Mercer team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
Mercer has recruited a former employee as a principal and senior actuarial consultant. In her new role, Christine Lu will focus on life insurance consulting as well as on defined benefit and defined contribution superannuation. Lu has 14 years of experience ...

Tech bubble top of mind for super funds in 2026: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
Superannuation funds are more worried about the technology bubble than geopolitical risks for the first time in five years, a new institutional investor survey reveals. The 2026 Institutional Investor Outlook published by Natixis IM and CoreData found ...

Quay Global lists two active ETFs

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2025
Quay Global Investors (Quay) launched two new actively managed ETFs. The Quay Global Real Estate Fund (Unhedged) Active ETF and the Quay Global Real Estate Fund (AUD Hedged) Active ETF are available for trading on the ASX from today. The two funds will ...

PE activity to continue momentum in 2026: Corrs

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2025
... analysis by Barwon Investment Partners found private equity uplifts, which are gains when assets are sold above reported valuation, have more than halved due to deeper structural changes within the asset class. The analysis looked at more than 300 exits ...

Assembly Funds Management reopens second retail fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2025
Over a year since the second close of the fund, the Lowy family-backed Assembly Funds Management (AFM) has once again reopened the Australian Diversified Property Fund 2 (ADPF2), with 65% now invested across the living, retail and office sectors. The ...

Pacific Current appoints new managing director

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025
Pacific Current Group has appointed Michael Clarke as managing director, effective November 13. It has also appointed Ron Patel as acting chief financial officer, effective December 1. Clarke has been executive director and acting chief executive of ...

Lazard AM opens flagship global equity fund to local investors

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025
... that seeks to minimise macroeconomic exposures. It typically holds between 200 to 350 companies with growth potential, valuation, market sentiment, and financial quality, the firm said. The fund is managed by Lazard AM's 20-member equity advantage team ...