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bfinance names new managing director, insurance lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
bfinance has announced the appointment of Ravi Rastogi in the newly created senior leadership role of managing director and global head of insurance. He will be based in the firm's London office. The investment consultancy firm said the shift underscores ...

DASH adds two new executives to C-suite

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
DASH Technology Group (DASH) has appointed Sarah Murray as the new chief product officer role, and James Louw has been named chief growth officer. Bringing over 15 years of experience to the newly created position, Murray will be responsible for integrating ...

Praemium aims for 'market-leading' super offering

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
Praemium said it is making progress towards transforming its superannuation fund to a market-leading offering by utilising its recent built technology platform. The update was made as it revealed its Q2 update. In the quarter to 31 December 2025, Praemium ...

Australian profits flat as global earnings soar to record highs

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
Profits of Australia's largest listed companies remained flat in 2025, normalising after an exceptional performance in 2021 and 2022, when high metal and energy prices led to record earnings for commodity firms. The Capital Group Global Equity Study ...

Investment managers ramp up AI use in front offices

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
Seventy percent of buy-side firms, including asset managers, pension funds and insurance companies, are adopting artificial intelligence (AI) in front offices, while more than half are scaling implementation. The 2026 Global InvestOps report from SimCorp ...

ETFs continue to drive managed accounts adoption: Research

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
New research found almost three quarters of Australian financial advisers (73%) used ETFs for their clients' portfolios last year, as the investment vehicle plays an increasingly significant role in managed accounts. The number is set to increase to ...

Aware Super bets big on data centre boom

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
Aware Super has committed $460 million to the Skyline JV data centre business to grow its digital infrastructure presence in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. Leveraging Skyline JV's access to global hyperscale data centres, the company indirectly ...

BlackRock, State Street see assets climb

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
BlackRock's assets under management (AUM) have hit US$14 trillion in the fourth quarter ending December 2025, while State Street reported a 20% jump in its AUM. BlackRock's boost in assets follows a record US$698 billion of net inflows for the full ...

Geoeconomic conflicts, extreme weather threaten global stability: WEF

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2026
Geoeconomic confrontation is the "most severe risk" that will herald a new phase of volatility over the next two years, while climate change will be the biggest threat over the long term, a report from the World Economic Forum finds. Released ahead ...

State Street boosts digital asset access with new platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2026
State Street has launched a new digital asset platform as it looks to broaden institutional investors' access to the asset class. The new platform enables State Street to continue to develop "core products" like tokenised money markets funds (MMFs) ...