PRIVATE MARKETS

Funds management

Brookfield, which recently entered the bidding war to acquire Insignia Financial, has launched a private credit strategy managed by Oaktree for Australian wholesale inves...

Financial planning

Reach Alternative Investments has appointed a head of private wealth following the firm’s strategic alliance with platform HUB24....

Funds management

MA Financial Group has closed its IPO early for the MA Credit Income Trust, having raised a sum 10 per cent higher than its original target....

Features

Commentators say the lack of transparency in private markets is making it difficult for fund managers and advisers to assess them from an ESG perspective....

Funds management

Asset managers lacking a presence in private markets will find themselves forced to acquire or partner to survive in 2025, according to this global consultancy....

Funds management

Amid the rising demand for more flexible private equity investment options, LGT Capital Partners has launched a semi-liquid fund for wholesale investors in Australia and ...

Funds management

Perennial Partners and Dexus have both made senior appointments to their fund management teams as they evolve their businesses. ...

Financial planning

Investment fund infrastructure provider FundBase Group is set to launch a new platform for Australian retail investors looking to enter the private markets universe....

Financial planning

Australian advised clients are the most eager among global peers to invest in private markets, according to Hamilton Lane, with their knowledge of the asset class also be...

Funds management

The widespread use of alternatives could lead to erosion of the very elements that make them alternatives, according to EY, as fund managers make them more palatable to r...

Funds management

Regal Funds Management saw total net inflows of $2.1 billion during 2024, with flows primarily going into long/short equities and multistrategy vehicles. ...

Funds management

Financial advisers nervous about the liquidity of private markets funds for their retail clients are the target of fund managers launching semi-liquid products which offe...

Financial planning

While advisers are increasingly eyeing private markets and alternative investments, two reports have underlined the lack of investor understanding that persists among bot...

Funds management

The volume that financial advisers have invested in private credit funds could be among disclosures that providers have to make to ASIC amid a regulatory crackdown on pri...

Funds management

State Street Global Advisors has shared three tips for financial advisers when it comes to their portfolio construction for the year ahead as 60/40 portfolios face hurdle...

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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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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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