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Janus Henderson awards mandate to BNP Paribas

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2026
... transformation. Through the new mandate, Securities Services at BNP Paribas offers fund accounting for Janus Henderson's open-ended funds and investment trusts in Europe and Asia-Pacific, alongside depositary, custody, cash and FX services. BNP Paribas ...

Aussie private credit shows strength, lures offshore investors: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2026
... Preqin estimates there is $5.4 billion in closed-ended private credit funds, and a further $40 billion in net asset value in open-ended funds. "The influx has been both beneficial and challenging - while validating the market's appeal, it has intensified ...

AllianceBernstein debuts second active ETF

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2026
... Australian market, meeting adviser demand for flexible product solutions," it said. Hargis said the fund manager is excited to open the fund up to more investors via the listing. "We are confident that our process of focusing on quality businesses with ...

FEATURE: Private equity | Time to deploy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
Private markets have experienced significant growth in recent years, and investors are showing no signs of slowing down. Global private equity (PE) investment rose from US$1.8 trillion in 2024 to US$2.1 trillion in 2025, despite a decline in deal volume ...

Australia is 'laissez-faire' on eligibility for semi-liquid investments: Morningstar

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
... available to individual retail investors via vehicles such as evergreen funds and listed investment vehicles (LIVs). Typically, open to all investors and mainly exclusive to Australia, listed investment trusts (LITs) or companies (LICs) are the closed-ended ...

UK's Nest to invest $860m in private companies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
The UK's largest pension scheme by members has selected a manager to oversee a significant new open-ended mandate. Crescent Capital Group will manage a direct lending mandate for Nest to the tune of $858.5 million (£450m). The money is to be deployed ...

Super Consumers Australia raises concerns over Treasury reforms

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2026
Super Consumers Australia has called for the government to focus on reforms that will actually protect people, warning against ineffective measures and those that will harm victims. It raised concerns over the proposal to remove the 'but for test' from ...

Cbus names new chief technology officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2026
... the challenge ahead of her. "It's never been more important for super funds to be digitally secure, but at the same time open and accessible for members," she said. "I'm honoured to have the opportunity to work hard for more than 925,000 Australians ...

Div 296 requires fixing before finalisation: Industry

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2026
... final Division 296 position to remain unfinalised longer after death, subsequently encouraging executors to keep estates open for longer and delay final distributions to beneficiaries due to the delayed assessment. Hence, it is recommending replacing ...

FEATURE: Global equities | Triaging tech's second act

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026
"I think the odds are on our side." That was the message from Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei at the World Economic Forum in Davos, as the race for global dominance in artificial intelligence (AI) gains historic pace. Anthropic is building the ...