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BlackRock takes stake in Generation Life parent company

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
BlackRock will acquire a minority stake in Generation Development Group (ASX: GDG), forming a strategic partnership with its retirement income subsidiary Generation Life to "set a new standard for managing longevity and sequencing risk." Joint working ...

Foreign investment in Australia booms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released its yearly reading on Australia's international investment position, showing a boom in foreign investment into the country. In 2024, foreign investment rose $326.9 billion to hit $4.97 trillion. ...

Channel Capital launches Apollo asset-backed credit trust in Australia

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025
Channel Capital has launched an open-ended, semi-liquid investment solution providing Australian wholesale investors access to Apollo's asset-backed finance strategies. The strategy benefits from a "flexible" investment mandate and multiple origination ...

JP Morgan AM hires from Vanguard

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
JP Morgan Asset Management has appointed an exchange-traded fund specialist from Vanguard to bolster distribution in the rapidly growing market. Stefania Vivarini is credited with launching Vanguard's ETF-based separately managed accounts. Vivarini ...

Escala launches alternatives platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2025
Escala Partners will launch a dedicated end-to-end alternatives investment platform. The platform has been designed in partnership with One Investment Group, and will will offer bespoke solutions to optimise operational workflows, including document ...

FNZ faces revolt from employee shareholders

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2025
FNZ employee shareholders are revolting against the global technology firm for allegedly diluting their ownership by US$4.5 billion with three capital raises in 12 months. A group of past and present FNZ employees are threatening a class action against ...

Private capital, active ETFs to continue shake up of financial services: Deloitte

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2025
Private capital, active ETFs and tokenisation are set to take the financial services sector by storm over the next three to five years, Deloitte predicts. Deloitte's 2025 Financial Services Industry Predictions report lays out six major forces that ...

JANA wins Aboriginal Investment NT mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2025
JANA has won a mandate from Aboriginal Investment NT to bolster its $655 million commercial investment portfolio (CIP). Not-for-profit Aboriginal Investment NT's purpose is to promote the self-management, economic self-sufficiency, and social and ...

Northern Trust appoints sales lead for asset servicing

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
Chicago-based custody bank and asset manager Northern Trust has appointed a global head of sales for asset servicing. Douglas Gee will replace Jon Dunham, who plans to retire. Based in London, Gee currently leads sales teams across Asia-Pacific, Europe ...

Global X to launch AI infrastructure ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
Global X is launching the Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure ETF (ASX: AINF), which focuses on companies with exposure to data centres, energy and materials that help facilitate the adoption of AI technologies. Launching on the ASX this month, AINF ...