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Federated Hermes enters local wholesale market

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2026
Marking its entry into the Australian wholesale investor market, Federated Hermes has launched a global trade finance fund. As a feeder fund, it invests in an AUD-denominated share class of the Federated Hermes Project and Trade Finance Master Fund ...

MLC ramps up corporate super push

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026
... know that MLC is one of Australia's most trusted and enduring financial brands and that generations of Australians recognise the golden egg as a symbol of quality, expertise and a pioneering spirit." MLC's parent Insignia Financial appointed ...

Brookfield to acquire Peakstone Realty Trust

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2026
Brookfield Asset Management will acquire industrial property investor Peakstone Realty Trust for US$1.2 billion. NYSE-listed Peakstone owns and operates industrial outdoor storage (IOS) and traditional industrial properties. Last December, Peakstone ...

Super brand tracker confirms golden status of AustralianSuper

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2026
A new superannuation fund brand tracker is being rolled out, with some metrics measured producing interesting results. The new Brand Tracker by Conjointly tracks the brand performance of the nation's super funds, measuring things like aided awareness ...

Hiring for risk, member services to take off

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
Recruitment activity across the financial services sector is showing signs of recovery following a lull in 2025, with increased hiring in risk and member services expected. According to the 2026 Financial Services Market Outlook from Kaizen Recruitment ...

ASX names members of new advisory group

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
The ASX has appointed seven members to its newly formed Advisory Group on Corporate Governance (AGCG), chaired by Philip Lowe. The group will be filled with superannuation heavy hitters including AustralianSuper chief investment officer Mark Delaney ...

ASX to spend $264m to modernise tech, uplift risk management

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
... She added ASIC's inquiry panel's report underscores an even greater urgency to the transformation required by it. "We recognise it is a privilege to provide these critical services for our customers and the market, and we are committed to strengthening ...

Genetic testing ban may drive up insurance cost, premiums: FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2026
... testing and "provide extensive individual, public health and scientific benefits". On this note, the FAAA said: "We recognise that to some extent, concerns around the implications that genetic testing results may have on obtaining life insurance, have ...

AI, operational failures key regulatory risks for ASIC in 2026

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2026
ASIC has said operational failures by superannuation fund trustees as well as the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) will drive the local regulatory space in 2026. Operational failures among super trustees and administrators, such as delays in processing ...

Rodney Forrest handed prison sentence for $3m insider trading

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2026
Former investment manager Rodney Forrest has been sentenced to six years' imprisonment for insider trading and procuring others to trade in more than $3 million of Platinum Asset Management shares. In August 2024, Forrest secretly accessed the computer ...