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Irish sovereign wealth fund mandates four managers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2026

... legislative mandates." The FIF benchmark is 80% equities and 20% fixed income. Over time, this will become 70% public equities, 10% publicly quoted fixed income, 10% real assets, 5% private equity and 5% private credit. The FIF is a longer-term fund ...

Family offices hunt opportunities in AI: Report

KARREN VERGARA | THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026

... compared with 10% of global offices. On average, some 75% of participants' assets are allocated to a combination of public equities and alternatives. Listed equities continue to dominate at 38.4% as family offices have a large chunk of their money parked ...

ASX names members of new advisory group

ELIZA BAVIN | THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026

... means 17 million Australians with super have a direct stake in the quality of corporate governance across our public equities markets," ASFA chief executive Mary Delahunty said. "The ASX AGCG has an important role to play as governance standards evolve. ...

Danish pension fund dumps US bonds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026

... executive Søren Schock Petersen said the fund is currently considering dumping all US investments, including public equities. Swedish pension giant Alecta has also been gradually selling out of its US Treasuries over the past year in response to growing ...

Family offices up equities, dial down alternatives: Goldman Sachs

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025

... geopolitical tensions and protectionist trade policies. "Market dislocations, dispersion, and outperformance in public equities created an attractive opportunity set relative to private equity, which saw a still robust allocation, albeit decreased from ...

ASX flags up to $35m in additional operating costs

ELIZA BAVIN | THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025

... and effectively," Longo said at the time. "ASX is ubiquitous, you simply cannot buy and settle on the Australian public equities and futures markets without relying on ASX and its systems. The inquiry provides an opportunity for ASX to bolster market ...

Uncertainty propels investors towards active managers

MATTHEW WAI | WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025

... can "deliver value". Investors are also actively seeking returns through both public and private markets, with public equities (46%) and private equity (53%) emerged as the preferred asset classes for the current environment. Notably, more than two-thirds ...

ASIC launches fresh inquiry into ASX

KARREN VERGARA | MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025

... soundly, securely and effectively," he said. "ASX is ubiquitous, you simply cannot buy and settle on the Australian public equities and futures markets without relying on ASX and its systems. The inquiry provides an opportunity for ASX to bolster market ...

Fidelity International launches first global equity SMA

ANDREW MCKEAN | WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025

... from active equity managers. Recognising this, we wanted to achieve the best of both worlds for our clients in public equities and offer a highly competitive fee structure to rival index funds, with an active overlay from a risk and quantitative perspective ...

US pension funds haemorrhage US$249bn

ANDREW MCKEAN | THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025

The 25 largest state and local pension investment funds in the US have lost an estimated US$249 billion in public equities, according to the Equable Institute. The institute, which is a bipartisan nonprofit, said most of the damage occurred over the ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI | 12:42PM

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI | 12:34PM

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI | 12:17PM

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA | 12:29PM

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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