Australia

In this edition of our monthly Q&A, we get behind the scenes with the chief executive officer of Landmark Family Office.

Large asset owners subscribe to Brookfield AM's Catalytic Transition Fund; Climate change can cost property industry more than $500 billion by 2050, says GIC, S&P report; Indonesia Investment Authority, AllianzGI ink private credit partnership deal; and more.

Resolution Life Australasia has focused on cultivating strategic external manager relationships and growth since it was established two years ago.

FWD appoints new group CIO; Australian Super hires chief liquidity officer; June Chua leaves Lombard Odier IM; Moonfare hires APAC chief from Blackstone; Foord AM hires portfolio manager from Eastspring; TT International hires three from BNP Paribas AM; and more.

Singapore attracted 250 new single family offices in 2024; Malaysia offers tax-free incentives to family offices; Telstra and Equip Super announce decision to merge; Prudential launches whitepaper on climate transition financing; and more.

Former Ping An co-CEO joins Sun Life Canada; Ex-FSSA Investment's manager joins hedge fund FengHe; ESSSuper adds investment manager; GAM Investments Australia head resigns; Harvest Fund Management adds REITs specialist; and more.

Support by the world’s leading investment managers on ESG votes tabled by APAC shareholders is waning, which is piling pressure on other institutional investors to take the lead.

Demand is rising for solutions focused on Asia, according to industry executives.

The $16 billion AirTrunk acquisition by CPP Investments and Blackstone, valuing it eight times higher than four years ago, underscores explosive growth in Asia Pacific's data centre market.

US pension funds delegation to visit India to explore investments; PensionDanmark plans to grow its green investments in Asia; ChinaLife Insurance profit gains in first half; NPS opens office in San Francisco; and more.

Despite falling flows across the Asia Pacific region, institutional investor allocations to Australia's real estate market have increased by $1.16 billion in Q2 year-on-year, to $6 billion.

Dutch pension giant APG Asset Management and Australia's Aware Super’s latest deal underscores the growing importance of digitalisation in institutional portfolios. The deal also marks the Australian fund's first infra deal from its London base.