PRIVATE MARKETS
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Despite ASIC concerns about private credit funds being accessed via the advised channel, there are questions regarding how high its usage actually is among financial advi...
Funds management
Distribution of private credit funds through advised channels to retail investors will be an ASIC priority for 2026 as it releases the results of its thematic fund survei...
Funds management
State Street Investment Management has taken a minority stake in private market secondaries manager Coller Capital with the pair set to collaborate on broaden each firm’s...
Funds management
Financial advisers have expressed concern about the impact including private market exposure is having on their tracking error budget, according to MSCI....
Financial planning
As private markets continue to garner investor interest, Netwealth’s series of private market reports have revealed how much advisers and wealth managers are allocating, ...
Funds management
A failure to maintain operations and governance models could prove problematic for private managers in the future as their funds grow in popularity with a retail and whol...
Funds management
Russell Investments has partnered with financial advice firm Invest Blue to launch a managed portfolio offering to deliver broader private market access for Australian ad...
Funds management
Pinnacle Investment Management has expanded its private market coverage, forging a strategic partnership with a private markets manager via a 13 per cent stake acquisitio...
Funds management
A fourth private credit fund has received interim stop orders from ASIC following the regulator’s surveillance review....
Funds management
Private markets manager Fortitude Investment Partners has launched an evergreen small-cap private equity fund. ...
Financial planning
As private markets garner mainstream attention, a panel of experts believe access to the asset class through managed accounts will become more widely available, providing...
Funds management
Index provider MSCI has unveiled global classification standards, making it easier to research private asset funds, describing how it will offer “order, comparability and...
Financial planning
In the wake of a high-profile interim stop order, product downgrades and ASIC’s increasingly watchful eye, Freshwater Wealth founder Roger Perrett has suggested the shine...
Funds management
Less than one week after imposing an interim stop order on the La Trobe Australian Credit Fund, the order has been lifted after the firm made improvements to its target m...
Funds management
Three types of asset managers are well positioned for 2025, according to McKinsey, while another three are likely to face headwinds in the coming period as the needs of w...
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...