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Global pension assets near $90tn: Research

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
Global pension assets reached a record US$68.3 trillion ($89.3tn) in 2025 across the top 22 markets, rising 9.6% year-on-year as defined contribution savings continued to drive growth, new research found. According to the Thinking Ahead Institute's ...

Federated Hermes enters local wholesale market

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2026
... and regions, aiming to deliver risk-adjusted returns for investors." Federated Hermes associate director of business development for Australia Liz White said: "While Federated Hermes is best known in Australia as a strategic adviser and provider to institutional ...

Government to ask super funds to invest in defence infrastructure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
... challenges that have led to much of its estate portfolio degrading. "Alternate finance and delivery models can spread development and delivery risk. They have the potential to reduce upfront capital investment for facilities and infrastructure projects ...

KKR splashes $603m on HMC platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
... fund 90% of the equity component of construction costs of the platform's first battery energy storage system (BESS) development project. HMC Capital managing director and chief executive David Di Pilla said the partnership has been structured to deliver ...

Super moves: Brighter Super, UniSuper, Rest, Acenda

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026
Rest Super has hired a senior analyst in research and portfolio construction from Frontier Advisers. Viola Miao joins the fund after more than three years at the asset consultant, where she worked in the capital markets and asset allocation team. Her ...

Drummond steps up governance and adviser support

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026
... starting as a financial adviser before becoming a professional capability manager. In that role, he supported adviser development across Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory. Drummond Capital founder and chief executive Tom Schubert ...

BTC Markets names chief executive

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026
... the company in its next phase of growth, BTC Markets said, which will focus on institutional partnerships, product development and regulatory alignment. Bowler said: "Lucas has been central to how BTC Markets operates today - from platform architecture ...

IFM Investors hires global investment research lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2026
... product strategy and innovation Rekha Misra. Chee was most recently head of portfolio strategy at WTW and oversaw the development of the group's portfolio construction framework. He has also previously served as head of investment strategy, Australia ...

WT Financial Group clear on 2026 strategy, rebrands retail advice arm

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2026
... move Cullen said signals an evolution of the business. "The retail business has always been about our research and development lab, and our entire focus on that is to innovate and demonstrate to advisers in our network what they are able to apply in ...

Future Fund adds $30bn to FUM in 2025

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2026
... programme, acquired a stake in the nation's biggest electricity transmission business, Transgrid, and supported the development of other national capabilities through our investment programme, all while remaining focused on generating strong risk-adjusted ...