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Blue Owl sells US$1.4bn assets to pension funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026
... its own publicly traded stock." Blue Owl's share price has dropped 29% at the time of writing to US$10.81 since the start of January.

Quinbrook expands Australian focus with two new executives

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026
... large-scale infrastructure. He was most recently chief commercial officer at LD Energy, an Australian developer of fast-start gas peaking and grid-scale battery storage assets. Meanwhile, Andrew Varvari was appointed to a newly created role of head of ...

Mason Stevens appoints chief investment officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026
... career, she held senior positions at Allard Partners, IAG, Merrill Lynch (now Bank of America), and Westpac, following her start at the Reserve Bank of Australia. Mason Stevens said the appointment marks a significant step in deepening the firm's investment ...

Advisers prioritise robust planning, education in retirement planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
... a key role in helping clients achieve these actions, by developing a plan and help them execute it, she said, and it can start when they are in accumulation phase. "We can start to build that engagement, confidence and financial literacy, helping them ...

Aged care misinformation poses opportunity for advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
... referred to. "We don't think everybody should be an expert, but you all need to have awareness of the rules. We need to start talking about it and raising it proactively with clients," she said. Financial Standard is the official media partner of ...

Product showcase: Strength amid noise

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
... months have grown more wary of heavy spending on AI, which has seen heavy hitters in the tech world hit by volatility at the start of this year. However, as USPC is not an equity strategy, market volatility is less of a concern for Paton. "We are not ...

Super moves: Future Fund, NZ Super, Aware Super, VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
A third Future Fund investment professional is bound for Abu Dhabi, following in the footsteps of the sovereign wealth fund's former chief investment officer and a deputy CIO. Pradheesh Salvarajah has taken on a role as investment manager at Abu ...

Centrepoint offloads lending solutions business

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2026
Centrepoint Alliance will offload its lending solutions business to Astute Financial Management to solely focus on licensee services, financial advice, managed accounts and platforms. Under the agreement, Centrepoint said it will retain the lending-as-a-service ...

Praemium ramps up digitisation, cuts headcount by 28%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2026
Praemium is ramping up its workforce digitisation by culling nearly 30% of its total number of employees who mainly work in information technology-related roles. The move comes off the back of the acquisition of Technotia Group for $7.5 million, which ...

Bullish on AI? Don't buy US tech: Vanguard

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2026
... "And that's exactly what's likely going to happen with AI, which is why we are strongly urging investors to both start moving their next dollar outside of tech, even though we're bullish on AI, and move it outside of the United States." Vanguard ...