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Investment managers enter 'paradox' in 2026: Deloitte

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2025
Deloitte's 2026 investment management outlook report said the investment management industry will face a paradox in 2026: elusive profit growth, yet the opportunity for differentiation has never been greater. The report said investors who continue to ...

Equity Trustees hit with additional licence conditions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
... investment options; identifying key risks, and ensuring independent analysis of information received from investment managers and external research and rating agencies; and the adequacy of investment monitoring and reporting to identify and manage higher ...

Rest exits co-investment with Motive Partners

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
... investment opportunities that deliver high value. "By leveraging our close relationships with leading private equity managers, such as Motive Partners, Rest is able to deploy capital into select opportunities that aim to deliver strong long-term returns ...

Fund managers remain bullish on AI for 2026

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2025
Experts believe the hype around artificial intelligence (AI) is not a bubble and remain constructive on the sector going into 2026. Munro Partners portfolio manager Kieran Moore said the Melbourne-based investment management firm sees AI as a five to ...

Mubadala enters $754m JV with Barings

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2025
... portfolio, and strengthen Barings' position as one of the world's largest diversified real estate investment managers. The new partnership will focus on investing in senior and subordinated real estate loans across real estate asset classes. ...

BlackRock loses $8.9bn pension fund mandate

MATT TOLEDO  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... reviewing its relationship with BlackRock as early as January, following the firm's departure from the Net-Zero Asset Managers Initiative, a collective of asset managers who sought to achieve net zero portfolio emissions by 2050. The initiative paused ...

Natixis, Generali call off $3.2tn joint venture talks

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
Natixis Investment Managers and Generali Investment Holdings (GIH) have decided to call off their plans for a joint venture, citing conditions not ripe to reach a final agreement. Natixis' owner BPCE and GIH's parent company Generali said they ...

Why a single insto client is a massive business risk

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
The closures of several active fund managers following the loss of a major mandate has underscored the importance of having a diversified client base, as one $2.2 billion manager warns this has become a substantial business risk. This year alone saw ...

Natixis bolsters distribution leadership

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
Natixis Investment Managers has appointed Daniel Shelest as distribution director for researchers and consultants. Bringing a decade of experience to the role, Shelest will be responsible for strengthening the asset manager's relationships with research ...

FEATURE: Private credit | At the precipice

GLENDA KORPORAAL  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... lending markets," he says. But he said they underlined the need for investors to make sure they choose private credit managers who do their due diligence. "While we remain cognisant of the risk that problems could become more systemic, we continue to ...