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Contact Asset Management terminates sole fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026
... month following a review of the strategy. After looking at its scale and future growth prospects, the manager determined the fund had not achieved sufficient scale to effectively implement its strategy as intended. The fund sought to invest in tomorrow's ...

HESTA announces another executive exit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026
HESTA has announced that chief operating officer Stephen Reilly has made the decision to leave the fund in June to pursue external opportunities. This comes after chief executive Debby Blakey also announced she would be stepping down in the second half ...

Prime Super closes two options

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026
... recently announced that Frontier Advisors will be its asset consultant as of June 1, replacing PATRIZIA, which has been with the fund for more than a decade. Last December, MFS Investment Management won the contract to manage an active global fixed income ...

Severe underperformance sees Polen Capital funds wound up

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
... Broadcom and Microsoft; at that time, it had $25.1 million in funds under management. Since its March 2021 inception the fund returned 14.30% against the MSCI All Country World Index (AUD) return of 83.09%. One class of the fund's units was 'Recommended' ...

Australian Ethical makes changes to super menu, fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
... close its High Growth investment option from May 1, with all members to be transferred to the Growth option instead. The fund said while the option has delivered results in the past that align with its objectives, over 10 years its returns are similar ...

Fink doubles down on private markets ambitions

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink is doubling down on private markets' golden run, predicting the fund manager will raise US$400 billion of these assets by 2030. BlackRock aims to tap investments in infrastructure, private credit and alternatives ...

Aware Super appoints head of private equity

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
Aware Super has appointed Alex Satchcroft as head of private equity, reporting to the newly appointed head of private markets Jenny Newmarch who took on the role last month. As head of private equity, Satchcroft will lead the development and execution ...

S64, Ardian partner to launch new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026
... will give Australia's wealth management industry access to Ardian's infrastructure strategies through the S64 platform. The fund gives investors access to private infrastructure through both Ardian's infrastructure and infrastructure secondaries platforms. ...

AustralianSuper says no to leveraged gains, yes to stability

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2026
... financing amidst intense market stress, providing enough "dry powder" to maximise their investments. Russell, however, said the fund does not support any huge structural changes which would make it easy for funds to play "free and easy" with leveraging ...

BNP Paribas AM to turbocharge $2.6tn AUM by 2030

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2026
... by another $572 billion over the next four years. Outlining its priorities in the newly released 2030 Strategic Plan, the fund manager forecasts revenues will increase by $818 million and operating expenses will be flat over the period. BNP Paribas AM ...