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T. Rowe Price brings research equity strategy down under

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2025
The $2.6 trillion asset manager has launched its actively managed Global Structured Research Equity Strategy in Australia, complementing its existing suite of products. The fund leverages T. Rowe Price's global research platform to provide investors ...

Special feature: Shaping private markets

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
Custodians are stepping up as regulators target super funds' $3.5 trillion private asset rush. Australia's super funds face mounting scrutiny over their rapid shift into private markets, as concerns grow about transparency, valuations and liquidity ...

Octopus awarded $1bn mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
Octopus Australia has announced a partnership with APG Asset Management, a Dutch pension fund investor with assets under management exceeding $1 trillion (€590 billion). As part of the partnership, APG intends to commit over $1 billion to Octopus ...

Goldman Sachs appoints real estate MD

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025
A top commercial real estate executive joins the Sydney-based team of the global fund manager. Samuel Green is to rejoin Goldman Sachs as managing director, Goldman Sachs Alternatives. Joining this month, he has been appointed to lead the strategic ...

BlackRock sets new AUM record

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2025
BlackRock's assets under management have ballooned to a record US$12.5 trillion in June, jumping 18% over the last 12 months. BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink said the fund manager's sustained growth has been powered by its whole portfolio ...

MySuper delivers 10.3% in FY25

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2025
MySuper options are set to deliver 10.3% p.a. on average for the 2025 financial year, according to Rainmaker Information. This is an improvement of 0.9 percentage points compared to the 2024 financial year's return. This also marks the third consecutive ...

Superannuation is Australia's 'productivity engine': ASFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2025
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said Australia's superannuation sector provides a fundamental contribution towards the nation's growth, but argues there is more that needs to be done. ASFA has released The Impact and Opportunity ...

Instos committed to ESG despite lower advocacy: BNP Paribas

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2025
The BNP Paribas ESG Survey 2025 found most institutional investors remain committed to sustainable investing, while also moving towards more specific ESG-related investment themes to ensure both return and impact. The survey revealed that while there ...

SMSFs' risk appetite to change under Division 296: Wilson

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025
The controversial superannuation tax will likely see an exodus of SMSF capital from emerging companies as they look to avoid growth companies, a discussion paper says. Following its initial discussion paper and petition on Division 296, Wilson Asset ...

Pension leaders urge US 401(k) plans to embrace private markets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
Pension trustees and investment strategists see an opportunity to expand US DC savings into private market assets, particularly real estate. According to discussions at the Pension Real Estate Association (PREA) Spring Conference, experts including ...