Laura Dew

Sydney

Editor at Money Management (Australia)

Editor at Super Review

Editor at @moneymanage and @superreview in Sydney. Formerly of @InvestmentWeek in the UK.

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Articles

‘Wise up or lose out’ as clients demand alts expertise

1 week ago | moneymanagement.com.au | Laura Dew

Wealth managers who lack expertise in alternatives could find themselves at risk of losing clients, according to iCapital, with a shift towards evergreen funds at play in asset allocation. The firm’s Global Advisor Survey 2025 questioned 603 advisers globally and found 96 per cent of respondents said they plan to maintain or increase their exposure over the next year.
GDG appoints Evidentia’s Smith to board

1 week ago | moneymanagement.com.au | Laura Dew

Generation Development Group (GDG) has appointed former Evidentia chief executive Peter Smith as an executive director. Smith will join the board with immediate effect, and the firm said he has experience across wealth management, asset management and private wealth advice, both domestically and internationally. He spent 14 years with NAB across London and Australia before founding investment manager Evidentia in 2018.
Private equity funds ‘lift their game’ to attract wealth managers

1 week ago | moneymanagement.com.au | Laura Dew

The development of semi-liquid private equity funds is providing a way for wealth managers to get easy access to the asset class, according to a panel. Semi-liquid funds are those which offer a greater amount of liquidity while still providing access to illiquid asset classes like private equity and private credit. These options also allow investments of smaller ticket sizes which are more suited to a retail market rather than the large sums invested by institutional players.
BT teams with $1.9tn asset manager for global fund

1 week ago | ifa.com.au | Keith Ford |Laura Dew

The global equities contrarian value fund is described as an all-cap global equity strategy with high active share that favours shares with low momentum, low price to earning and price to book characteristics. With a minimum time frame of seven years, it aims to provide investors with a total investment return that outperforms the MSCI ACWI ex Australia.
Fixed income specialists see boosted flows from defensive clients

1 week ago | moneymanagement.com.au | Laura Dew

Only three active asset managers are forecast to see positive flows in the upcoming year, according to Morningstar, with those focused on specialist fixed income or private markets in the best position. In its Australian Asset Manager report for Q2 2025, the research house surveyed seven active asset managers in Challenger, GQG, Insignia, Magellan, Perpetual, Pinnacle and Platinum.
Higher fees prompt rise in advice firm prices

1 week ago | moneymanagement.com.au | Laura Dew

advice-fees/pricing/revenue/Adviser-Ratings/Radar-Results/investment-trends/ Rising advice fees has prompted Radar Results to increase its price guide to a minimum of $3,000 per client. Investment Trends previously discovered advice firms with a profitability of 40 per cent or more were charging upwards of $7,700 per annum.
Former Zenith veteran joins Ascalon amid business transformation

1 week ago | moneymanagement.com.au | Laura Dew

Investment consultancy Ascalon Capital has appointed a new partner, who joins from 20 years at Zenith Investment Partners, as well as a new chief executive. Ben Davis joins Ascalon from Zenith Investment Partners, where he was a founding partner of the research firm back in 2003. He then spent over 20 years with the business in a variety of roles, including director of product and strategy and head of investment consulting.
Platinum updates on L1 merger as due diligence concludes

1 week ago | moneymanagement.com.au | Laura Dew

Platinum Asset Management has provided an update on the possibility of a merger between the asset manager and L1 Capital following a period of discussions. It was announced in May that the two firm were in “early stage discussions” about a potential merger to create a fund manager with $18 billion combined in assets under management. L1 Capital is a global investment manager that runs a range of long-short and international equity funds.
Advisers drive growth in iShares active ETFs

1 week ago | moneymanagement.com.au | Laura Dew

BlackRock’s iShares active ETF division is targeting to achieve $500 million in revenue by 2030, the firm has shared at its latest Investor Day. Speaking at the Investor Day last week, the global asset manager discussed the growth of active ETFs in recent years which have grown significantly over the last five years, helped by financial advisers.
Could we see private credit ETFs?

1 week ago | moneymanagement.com.au | Laura Dew

The possibility of a private credit ETF is looking unlikely for now, according to Macquarie Asset Management (MAM), but alternatives exist that can provide a similar return. Speaking at the ASX Financial Adviser Day, Brett Lewthwaite, executive director at MAM, acknowledged the growth of private markets funds. With interest rising among retail and wholesale investors, an ETF could be an option to improve their accessibility.