PRIVATE MARKETS

Funds management

Global investment manager Barings has launched two private credit funds for Australian investors as advisers indicate an expectation of increasing allocations to private ...

Funds management

Outflows from an Australian private markets fund manager have caused FUM at Pacific Current to decline by $1 billion in the last quarter. ...

Financial planning

Half of financial advisers and wealth managers in Asia-Pacific plan to increase their clients’ exposure to private equity and multiprivate asset solutions, according to a...

Funds management

As fund managers are urged to diversify their product ranges, they are finding a faster way to do this is via an acquisition of existing firms but experts say it is not w...

Funds management

Australian Ethical Investment has appointed a new head of private markets to lead its infrastructure debt fund and private markets portfolio....

Financial planning

Platform HUB24 has taken a minority stake in an alternative investment company to design and offer a range of alternative products to financial advisers. ...

Financial planning

A report has highlighted a growing appetite among high-net-worth individuals for private market investments, creating a significant opportunity for advisers....

Funds management

Amid discussions on whether private markets will soon exist in an ETF structure, Global X’s Marc Jocum examines the challenges that could arise from this type of innovati...

Funds management

Pengana is making a strategic reposition to have private markets become the dominant part of its business as it targets the asset class towards non-institutional investor...

Funds management

The land Down Under has been recognised as an APAC hub for alternatives investment, Preqin finds, amid ASIC’s planned crackdown on private markets....

Funds management

ASIC is clamping down on the rise of private markets as it is concerned about valuations and their impact on the public counterparts....

Funds management

With research houses raising concerns about the suitability of private credit funds for retail clients, a fund manager has acknowledged greater transparency is needed to ...

Funds management

As investors and advisers increasingly seek out private markets investment, a Global X head explores whether the asset class will soon be accessible through an ETF struct...

Financial planning

Wealth management platform BT and alternative markets data provider Preqin have teamed up to provide financial advisers with greater education and transparency on private...

Expert Analysis

Private equity represents a vital cog in any economy and these funds can unlock considerable value in private companies and lead to strong investment returns, writes Tony...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

2 months 3 weeks ago

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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