PRIVATE MARKETS

Funds management

BlackRock has announced its plan to acquire real estate investment firm ElmTree Funds which will be integrated into its new private financing solutions business. ...

Funds management

BlackRock has successfully completed its acquisition of global credit investment manager HPS Investment Partners, with the intention now to create a US$190 billion privat...

Funds management

Betashares is preparing to enter the private asset space, with the ETF provider set to unveil plans to roll out a suite of unlisted funds starting with a US private credi...

Features

Commentators may be forecasting consolidation in private market firms but a survey of the industry itself expects new manager formation will still outpace this, especiall...

Funds management

The possibility of a private credit ETF is looking unlikely for now with US vehicles seeing limited uptake, according to commentators, but fixed income alternatives exist...

Funds management

Global asset manager BlackRock has identified bringing private markets to the wealth channel as a key business area for the firm that could generate US$500 million in rev...

Funds management

As private markets gain traction in Australia but only a limited pool of talent is available, three recruiters explore whether fund managers should consider looking overs...

Funds management

With an explosion of private credit managers appearing in the market, two alternatives experts believe a consolidation is needed to maintain the quality of the sector....

Financial planning

Private market secondaries manager Coller Capital has unveiled a new education platform to improve advisers’ and investors’ understanding of secondaries....

Financial planning

Franklin Templeton has shared four rules for financial advisers when it comes to including alternative investments in client portfolios. ...

Funds management

Perpetual has signed a letter of intent with global private markets giant Partners Group to explore new investment products that combine both public and private assets....

Funds management

High-net-worth investors and family offices are sustaining the rising demand for private equity investments, Schroders has unpacked, offering less volatility and the pote...

Funds management

Reacting to ASIC’s public and private markets discussion paper, research houses BondAdviser and SQM Research have detailed how they believe investors can be better protec...

Funds management

GSFM is to launch two multimanager private markets funds in the fourth quarter of 2025, described as a “one-stop solution” for retail and wholesale investors....

Funds management

Australia’s alternative investment market is set to enjoy further evolution and growth thanks to innovation overseas, predicts BlackRock and Franklin Templeton....

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

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The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

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ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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