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Ascalon turbocharges team with Zenith hire

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
Ascalon Capital is expanding its institutional advice offering with the appointment of an executive general manager of asset consulting. The consultant has confirmed the appointment of Steven Tang who brings experience in portfolio construction, investment ...

bfinance names new managing director, insurance lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
bfinance has announced the appointment of Ravi Rastogi in the newly created senior leadership role of managing director and global head of insurance. He will be based in the firm's London office. The investment consultancy firm said the shift underscores ...

MA Financial backs FundBox's Australian expansion with $100m facility

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
MA Financial will support the expansion of FundBox, a US fintech platform helping small and medium businesses (SMB) get fast access to capital, into Australia through a $100 million lending facility to support its local warehouse infrastructure. FundBox ...

FNZ, Centric extend partnership, citing 'significant' upgrades

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
FNZ has extended its partnership with Centric, the adviser-led investment platform of Findex, for a further five years, including a significant platform modernisation leveraging FNZ's technology. As part of the upgrade, advisers are set to benefit from ...

Aware Super bets big on data centre boom

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
Aware Super has committed $460 million to the Skyline JV data centre business to grow its digital infrastructure presence in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. Leveraging Skyline JV's access to global hyperscale data centres, the company indirectly ...

First batch of specialist advisers graduate SMSFA program

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2026
The SMSF Association has seen the graduation of the first cohort of specialist advisers under its revamped SMSF Specialist Adviser (SSA) accreditation. A total of 37 participants completed the program. Since its inception, more than 2300 professionals ...

Mercer Investments axes managers, awards fresh mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
Mercer Investments culled several fund managers overseeing its international shares strategies following a strategic review that included retaining Schroder Investment Management and awarding mandates to two new fund managers. The restructure affects ...

Federated Hermes appoints global fixed income CIO

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
Federated Hermes has promoted R.J. Gallo from deputy chief investment officer to chief investment officer for its global fixed income portfolio, who will succeed Robert Ostrowski when he retires in May of this year. Gallo has also served as the co-head ...

SEC slams proxy adviser 'oligopoly,' urges AI use

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2026
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has slammed the oligopolistic nature of the proxy adviser industry and floated the potential for artificial intelligence (AI) to upend their stronghold. Brian Daly, the director of the SEC's division of investment ...

GESB alignment strategy sees member, FUM growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
Since launching its One Fund initiative, GESB Super says it has welcomed thousands of new members, many of which reactivated accounts left dormant by their decision to leave the West Australian public sector. In May 2025, GESB implemented its One Fund ...