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Trump 'playing with fire' over Fed indictment threat

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
... next Fed chair will do little to reassure markets about the Fed's independence." The US 10-year Treasury yield rose by one point to 4.19% and the US 2-year Treasury yield was steady near 3.54% after the threat of indictment was announced. deVere Group ...

Australia evades tariff shocks, CPI to surge in 2026: UN

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2026
New research predicts that Australia's inflation rate will surge in 2026 and highlights that the country was left relatively unscathed by the US tariff shocks. According to the United Nations' (UN) latest World Economic Situation and Prospects 2026 ...

Oaktree institutional sales head quits

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
... Oaktree's global distribution team. The asset manager's global head of marketing, Tony Harrington, has moved to Silver Point as global head of client and product solutions, while Richard Young, the former UK head of institutional capital raising ...

A new landscape for sustainable investing in 2026

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
In its recent Sustainable Investing Trends report, Morningstar Sustainalytics provided a comprehensive review of sustainable investing in 2025 and market insights for the new year. Characterising 2025 as an "undeniably challenging year for ESG and sustainable ...

FEATURE | Recruitment: Laying foundations

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... experience with SFTs, people that have done that before are going to be in demand, and particularly from an operational point of view, that's probably the key skill set that we look for," Kaizen Recruitment associate director Darragh Cleary says. ...

Global sovereign wealth fund assets grow to $15tn

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... On the one hand, they benefitted from the rally in financial markets, which is way more important that oil prices at this point," the report read. "On the other hand, they continued to pursue mega-deals in any possible form and sector, seeking partnerships ...

Rate hikes expected in 2026

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... in February. Commonwealth Bank economist Ashwin Clarke said the bank has revised its forecasts, now expecting a 25 basis point cash rate rise in February. "Australia has ended 2025 in a cyclical upswing. While growth has improved, progress on inflation ...

MetLife completes PineBridge acquisition

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 DEC 2025
... aims to deliver consistent double-digit adjusted earnings per share growth, a 15-17% adjusted return on equity, a 100-basis-point reduction in its direct expense ratio target, and free cash flow of US$25 billion, MetLife said. More than half of the client ...

Resolution Capital rejects takeover bid for National Storage REIT

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 23 DEC 2025
... bid for its smaller rival. Resolution Capital noted that it believes it is not coincidental that the bid comes at a soft point in the cycle for real estate and REIT prices. "This is an unusual and high-quality platform that anyone would struggle to replicate. ...

GDG hires chief financial officer

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 DEC 2025
Generation Development Group (GDG) has appointed a new chief financial officer as the incumbent steps down after more than seven years. Terence Wong has resigned from his role as finance chief and will stay with the company until June 2026. Wong joined ...