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Magellan profits fall, focuses on 'progress'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2026
... making in delivering on its strategy and strengthening the diversity of its earnings. "In a challenging environment for active managers, Magellan delivered earnings growth, maintained a strong balance sheet and continues to return capital to shareholders," ...

MA Financial expands hospitality portfolio in NZ

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2026
... Financial has acquired the Republic Hospitality portfolio in Queenstown for the MA NZ Growth Fund, an investment option for its Active Investor Plus (AIP) Visa program to streamline the pathway to residency for high-net-worth investors. The MA NZ Growth ...

AustralianSuper expands UK fundamental equity team

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2026
AustralianSuper, the $410 billion super fund, has appointed a head of fundamental equity research based in the UK. Maria Toneva has joined the super fund from Newton Investment Management, where she was deputy head of research for over 13 years. Prior ...

Challenger results a 'headline miss'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2026
Challenger reported a statutory net profit after tax (NPAT) of $339 million, a massive 369% increase, in the first half of 2026. Normalised NPAT came increased 2% to $229 million and assets under management increased 3% to $128 billion. Despite the ...

HESTA urges government to modernise Australian retirement system

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2026
... enabling retirees to maximise their retirement income, we are not just supporting more dignified retirements, we are enabling active participation in the economy through increased spending power," Blakey added. HESTA's also recommended employment ...

Nuveen takes over Schroders for $20bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2026
... provide clients with a true breadth of high-quality solutions to meet their evolving needs." Founded in 1804, Schroders is an active asset manager offering advisory and wealth management services. Nuveen's parent company TIAA was founded in 1898, specialising ...

Madigan Capital chair retires, transfers shares to co-owner

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026
... are high on the agenda." Wilson thanked Wood for his contributions. "Michael has embedded disciplined underwriting and active loan asset management into Madigan's DNA," Wilson said. "With the depth of talent across our team, strong governance framework ...

Helen Lofthouse to exit ASX in May

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2026
... will be comprehensive, it will not slow our momentum to deliver strategic priorities and the board maintains ongoing and active oversight. Our executive team remain fully accountable for execution of key deliverables and there is no change to our major ...

Federated Hermes enters local wholesale market

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2026
... commitment to building a stronger presence in the market." The launch advances Federated Hermes' ambitions of providing active investment strategies to local institutional investors and delivering stewardship services to Australia's major superannuation ...

Future Group rejigs investment team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026
... chief investment officer Thadeus McCrindle to its investment team, deepening its fixed interest bench. McCrindle returns to active portfolio management after serving as head of investments, superannuation, at Betashares. He brings more than 21 years ...