Industry leader Matt Fogarty joins Hamilton Blackstone Lawyers

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Specialist financial services legal firm, Hamilton Blackstone Lawyers, has appointed experienced industry leader, Matt Fogarty, to the group’s newly-created advisory board, in response to rising demand from Australian Financial Services... Read more continue reading

Fortitude’s lower mid-market private equity focus delivers robust returns in 2024

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2024 was a milestone year for Fortitude Investments, a leading private markets investment manager, reflecting the firm’s disciplined investment approach and strategic focus on the lower mid-market sector of the... Read more continue reading

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 6 December, 2024

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Investment markets and key developments Despite another week of geopolitical noise with the fall of the French Government, a few hours of martial law in South Korea and more noise... Read more continue reading

Nuveen hits over AU$400 million first close for Australian real estate debt strategy

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Nuveen, one of the largest asset managers with over $1.2tn AUM, has closed its first commingled Australian commercial real estate debt strategy with anchor investments of over AU$400M from the... Read more continue reading

Equity Trustees completes Australian Executor Trustees integration on time and on budget

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EQT Holdings Limited (ASX: EQT) (Equity Trustees), announced it had completed the integration of Australian Executor Trustees Limited (AET). The completion was marked by the conclusion of the Transition Service... Read more continue reading

Australian Retirement Trust appoints new Chief Risk Officer

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Australian Retirement Trust (ART), one of Australia’s largest superannuation funds, is pleased to announce the appointment of Darryl Burke as Chief Risk Officer (CRO), effective 17 March 2025. Darryl will... Read more continue reading

More Australians forced to leave work for good over their mental health and at a younger age, new landmark report shows

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n alarming number of Australians in their 30s are leaving the workforce permanently because of their mental health, according to new research commissioned by the Council of Australian Life Insurers... Read more continue reading

Australian GDP and the RBA: the February door is ajar

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In some sense the September quarter national accounts don’t reveal much that wasn’t already known. Private demand is weak, but apparent supply constraints (exemplified by ongoing languishing productivity) are a... Read more continue reading

Goldilocks stayed for 2024, but what’s in store for investors in 2025?

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Key points The key themes for 2024 were: better than feared growth; global divergence; more disinflation; falling interest rates but with Australia lagging; and more geopolitical threats but not as... Read more continue reading

Muzinich MLoan Private Credit Fund receives ‘Recommended’ rating from Lonsec

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Muzinich & Co. (“Muzinich”), the global corporate credit specialist, today announced that Lonsec, one of Australia’s most respected investment research firms, has awarded its Muzinich MLoan Private Credit Fund (the... Read more continue reading