Alternatives

Financial planning

Escala Partners launches alternatives platform

Private wealth manager Escala Partners has launched an end-to-end investment platform to strengthen its alternatives capability as clients seek sophisticated vehicles. ...

Funds management

MA Financial boosts inflows, remains defensive amid market turmoil

In its latest quarterly update, alternative asset manager MA Financial said it saw a 22 per cent increase in net inflows (ex institutional) to $444 million and is holding...

Funds management

Reach Alts joins forces with Russell Investments

Reach Alternative Investments has entered into a strategic partnership with Russell Investments to bolster its wholesale private markets offering for financial advisers a...

Financial planning

Lonsec to launch alts solution for HNW market

Lonsec Investment Solutions (LIS) is set to launch a new alternative asset investment solution for financial advisers and their high-net-worth (HNW) clients....

Financial planning

Advisers divided in understanding of non-custody solutions

Non-custody solutions may be on the rise, especially among high-net-worth individuals, but there is a distinct divide in advisers’ understanding and knowledge of the prod...

Funds management

Ares completes alts acquisition to create US$525bn manager

Ares Management is the latest fund manager to enact alternatives M&A, completing the acquisition of the international business of GLP Capital Partners to create a firm wi...

Financial planning

Bringing investment specialists into the alts conversation

Three commentators unpack how firms are increasingly hiring client-facing investment specialists to support financial advisers in understanding the complexities of altern...

Funds management

Poor sales tactics deterring wealth managers from private markets

‘Ineffective sales methods’ have been cited as the largest barrier to private market investment by APAC wealth managers, according to MSCI, greater than the products’ ill...

Financial planning

Praemium targeting acquisition opportunities in non-custodial solutions

Praemium has stated it is seeking accretive acquisition opportunities in the area of non-custodial solutions where it believes it can further grow its dominant market sha...

Funds management

Payton Capital creates head of credit role

Payton Capital has appointed a head of credit to its ranks, representing a key step in its growth strategy as it builds out its private credit platform under HMC Capital....

Funds management

Nikko AM announces alts joint venture

Nikko Asset Management has formed a joint venture with an Asian private asset manager, the latest in a series of alternatives deals by fund managers....

Funds management

MA Financial sets its sights on $15bn AUM

MA Financial’s AUM surpassed $10 billion in its 2024 full-year results, as the alternative asset manager looks to achieve $15 billion in AUM by the end of next year....

Features

BDMs critical to advisers’ understanding of alts markets

With alternative funds being described as “impossible” for fund managers to target towards advisers without the support of BDMs for education, Money Management explores t...