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KKR splashes $603m on HMC platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
Global private equity firm KKR is injecting $603 million into HMC's Energy Transition Platform, marking its second climate-related investment in Australia. The commitment will last seven years and is expected to generate a 14% p.a. return. It will be ...

Betashares, VanEck add to product lineups

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026
Betashares has launched its second momentum ETF, while VanEck added its first cash offering. Betashares expanded its smart beta range this week with the addition of the Betashares Global Momentum ETF (ASX: GTUM), which it said will provide investors ...

Rapid AI adoption leads to heightened private market engagement: Nuveen

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026
... as the biggest megatrend, with AI expected to impact their decisions over the next five years. Energy transition ranked second at 40%, followed by deglobalisation at 36%. Further, three-quarters of investors (75%) believe AI will create a profound increase ...

RBA lifts the cash rate for first time since 2023

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2026
... concerns led to the rise. "While inflation has fallen substantially since its peak in 2022, it picked up materially in the second half of 2025," Bullock said. "The board has been closely monitoring the economy and judges that some of the increase in ...

ASIC welcomes new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2026
... deputy chair of ASIC in 2021. Before that, Court was an ACCC commissioner beginning in May 2008. She was reappointed for her second five-term in 2018. Court also served as a senior executive lawyer for the Australian Government Solicitor, a central legal ...

Australian managed funds up $35.9bn in 2025: Calastone

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2026
... Against a backdrop of unpredictable tariff policies, greater momentum in trading fixed income funds was observed in the second half of 2025, accelerating in May and reversing March outflows of $714 million. According to the report, fixed income funds ...

BT, Challenger to deliver retirement income suite

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2026
... retirement income solutions on BT Panorama. To be released in two stages, BT plans to launch a lifetime super feature in the second half of 2026. The solution would allow members to begin accruing Age Pension asset test concessions while in the accumulation ...

EQT promotes three Australian staffers

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
... investment process will remain independent. EQT, founded in 1994 by Sweden's Wallenberg family, is the world's second-largest private equity firm behind KKR with €270 billion in assets under management.

Global X rides silver's highs

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
Global X has launched the Global X Silver Miners ETF (SLVM), the business' second silver-focused product, now available on the ASX. The launch also marks Australia's first dedicated silver miners ETF, which tracks the Solactive Global Silver Miners ...

Perpetual hit by $7.8bn net outflows in Q2

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
Perpetual saw a "mixed" performance in the second quarter of FY26, according to chief executive Bernard Reilly. "Corporate trust performed strongly across all three of its segments, asset management was impacted by net outflows and wealth management ...