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Super assets reach $4.5tn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2026
... $62.3 billion. SMSF assets also rose to $1.06 trillion, up from $1 trillion in December 2024, marking a 6% increase. Exempt public sector superannuation scheme assets rose 3.9% from $175.2 billion to $182.1 billion. This comes after the Association of ...

Iress sticks to simplification plan, will consider "bona fide" takeover bids

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2026
... earnings trajectory and margin expansion opportunity, and remains fully committed to delivering long-term value in the public markets." However, it said consistent with its fiduciary duties, it will consider any bona fide proposal that appropriately ...

Unintended consequences of passive investing materialise: MFS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2026
... "He said, I didn't know [passive investing] was going to get this big. What he was referring to was, if 50% of the public markets is in passive investing, we're going to have chaos," she told the 2026 Active Advantage event in Sydney. She explained ...

Governance issues on the rise: ASIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2026
... our decisions on potential criminal and civil action." Court said ASIC continues to welcome reports and tip-offs from the public. ASIC also released its six-monthly Enforcement and Regulatory update, outlining that the regulator has secured hundreds ...

Blue Owl sells US$1.4bn assets to pension funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026
Blue Owl has liquidated US$1.4 billion worth of assets from several private credit strategies and sold them to four unnamed major pension funds and insurance companies. The redemption includes US$600 million of direct lending investments from Blue Owl ...

Product showcase: Strength amid noise

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
... borrowers in the broader MSPC universe were assessed as low or neutral AI risk, and none were deemed high risk. "So, while public market software valuations have moved around significantly, the types of businesses we lend to are stable, cash-generative ...

Aware Super overhauls investment team structure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
... making Private Markets a standalone function. The fund said the new structure brings together data, liquidity management, public and private markets, and defensive assets in a more connected operating framework. It said it is also supportive of the Total ...

Aussie veterans front Senate over underpaid pensions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
Fronting the Senate, Finance and Public Administration References Committee, Australian Navy veteran Peter Williamson called on the government to make him whole after it came to light his military pension may have been unfairly reduced. Williamson retired ...

Most sought-after professionals revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... for a head of distribution based in New South Wales can expect to bring in around $315,000, excluding superannuation. In public markets, a portfolio manager can expect an average salary of around $325,000. But it's the booming private equity sector ...

Kapstream launches ASX-listed investment trust

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2026
... Siluk, Dylan Bourke, and Mark Bayley. "We have seen a growing number of clients looking for ways to dynamically combine public and private credit to enhance portfolio liquidity while still targeting compelling returns," Kapstream managing director and ...