Hi, my name is Isaac Thong. I am lead manager of the Income Trust. I spent the last 15 years investing across Asia and emerging markets. The last 12 were spent at JP Morgan Asset Management, and the last 6 were really spent managing the Emerging Markets Income Trust, which was highly rated by yourselves,
Sonam Kapoor is an actor, a fashion tastemaker, and, increasingly, an art collector. Born into Indian cinema royalty as the daughter of legendary actor and producer Anil Kapoor, her career took off in the 2010s thanks to critically acclaimed performances in several Bollywood films. Since then, she launched a fashion line with her sister and
French owner-operator group Beaumier is banking on luxury, leisure and experiential travel as a driver for growth in hospitality. Founded in 2011 and acquired by KSL in 2019, the group now owns and operates ten hotels across France, Spain, and Switzerland. CEO Billy Skelli Cohen shares his views on Europe’s hospitality investment market, scaling experiential
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has joined a group of global investors backing Accelerate Infrastructure Opportunities, helping lift total equity committed to the platform to US$1.26 billion following a US$630 million capital raise. Accelerate Infrastructure Opportunities is a US-based infrastructure and real estate investment platform which buys and manages the real estate of infrastructure such as
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) may be holding 2-3 per cent of its $330 billion portfolio in private credit but chief economist Brian Parker is worried about retail investors entering the space. Speaking at an adviser event in Sydney, Parker discussed the move by retail and wholesale investors into private credit, an asset class typically held
Artful management drives positive alpha and value for investors. It starts with identifying each asset’s unique needs, then selecting an asset manager with the experience and expertise to meet those needs and positioning it for long-term success. Criteria for selecting an asset manager Looking at each asset by its needs is critical. “When we underwrite
Morningstar said on Friday it has lifted the weight of its Parent pillar – a marker to measure the quality of the fund’s organisation itself – to 25 per cent for multi-sector strategies, emphasising it is now placing greater emphasis on things like governance, culture and how well the business is run. “Stewardship is at
The New Jersey Devils celebrate after Simon Nemec #17 scores the game-winning-goal in double overtime of Game Three of the First Round of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Carolina Hurricanes at Prudential Center on April 25, 2025 in Newark, New Jersey. Andrew Maclean | National Hockey League | Getty Images A version of
Helen Rowell was former deputy chair at the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), who stepped down at the end of June 2023 after more than 21 years at the prudential regulator. In this role, she oversaw the introduction of APRA’s superannuation heatmaps, which published its inaugural results in late 2021. Rowell’s résumé also includes more
As an art dealer in London and Miami, Inigo Philbrick had the Midas touch and lived the high life, with private jets, $5,000 bottles of wine and $7,000 suits. But in 2019 he was exposed as a serial swindler who had created one of the largest art frauds in history, a Ponzi-style web of lies