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Australia’s retirement wave is creating a quiet private equity boom

With 60,000 small‑cap businesses and little institutional competition, Fortitude sees the lower mid‑market as private equity’s true growth frontier.

Infrastructure’s next chapter: investing in the foundations of an uncertain future

Infrastructure is no longer just defensive. Adam Reisler of StepStone Group argues it now sits at the heart of the structural forces reshaping the global...

BlueCastle Capital hits £1bn as Leeds deal boosts UK build-to-rent sector

BlueCastle Capital smashes through the £1bn mark in UK build‑to‑rent investment with a landmark Leeds city‑centre project.

Secondaries are moving from niche to necessary for wealth firms

Once reserved for large institutions, secondaries are now being adopted by advisers seeking greater transparency, diversification, and flexibility in private...

Why equity portfolios are moving global, and further into venture

Escala’s Will Hauser says advisers should focus less on geography and more on earnings growth, while looking earlier in the private market cycle for...

Investing where the world is going: the case for thematic portfolios

For Joseph Sitch, co-chief investment officer at Victor Smorgon Group, thematic investing as the key to navigating today’s shifting global economy, focusing...

Commodities take the lead: DNR Capital’s strategic pivot

Moving away from high-growth sectors such as technology and software, the Australian Emerging Companies Fund is now focused on commodities investment and...

Private markets are expanding, but advisers need to manage the consequences

Atchison’s Kev Toohey says the rise of private assets is changing market structure, investor behaviour and the way portfolios need to be governed.

ClearBridge on why markets could push higher amid persistent fears

As investors fret over stagflation, AI and credit risks, ClearBridge believes today’s wall of worry may be setting up the next leg higher for markets.

Complex products, wholesale clients, blurred lines: the new compliance challenge 

Kit Legal’s Catherine Evans says advisers face a growing challenge, not just accessing complex assets, but understanding, governing and explaining them...

Challenger research demonstrates the importance of community for retirees

The Retirement Happiness Index climbed to 69.5, reflecting growing optimism among older Australians.

Specialist Disability Accommodation: from niche to institutional asset class

A national shortfall in Specialist Disability Accommodation is reshaping a once‑niche sector. Structural demand, government-supported income and disciplined...

Finding the real winners in private markets’ biggest themes

AI, ageing and reshoring are powerful themes, but private-markets winners emerge through manager selection, execution, valuation and due diligence.

Investment perspective: oil prices as the key transmission risk

Oil prices act as the conflict’s pressure valve, fuelling inflation, squeezing growth, and reshaping markets, while investors thrive not on prediction but on...