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M&A activity falls to two-year lows: LSEG

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... billion ($117bn), down 2.6% from a year ago. By sector, the financials industry, which includes M&A activities in asset management businesses, resulted in US$11.6 billion ($17.2bn) for the period, with the top deal named as the ongoing transaction of ...

Lazard sets up new chief investment role

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
Lazard Asset Management has created a new role of a chief investment officer and appointed Eric Van Nostrand. The US$265 billion asset manager said the newly established role will strengthen the cohesion, discipline and effectiveness of its global investment ...

Magellan records drop in assets under management

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... its investment business in the last 12 months. Previous head of investments Gerald Stack, moved from Magellan Asset Management to MFF Capital Investments, while head of global equities Arvid Streimann exited Magellan Financial Group amid investigation ...

WAM delivers standout 41% return in 2025

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
Wilson Asset Management's (WAM) active investment portfolio delivered significant performance in 2025, returning 41.4% for its investors, outperforming the S&P/ASX All Ordinaries Accumulation Index by 30.8% in the period. The exceptional returns enabled ...

Fund managers 'remarkably positive' despite headwinds: Frontier

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... managers cited this issue as their primary concern." Last year, several active fund managers such as Tyndall Asset Management and Touchstone Asset Management shuttered following the loss of a major mandate. Since the survey launched, Frontier observed ...

AllianceBernstein promotes private wealth head to president

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
... of head of private wealth in July 2022. Erzan will continue to lead AB's private wealth management, global asset management distribution and global private alternatives businesses, AB confirmed. In addition, Erzan will assume responsibility for AB's ...

ASIC sues BDO Audit for misleading statements

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... BDO is also the auditor of the collapsed investment scheme Shield Master Fund, which confirmed that Keystone Asset Management, the responsible entity of Shield, had complied with the compliance plan for the financial year ended 30 June 2022. However ...

Resolution Capital rejects takeover bid for National Storage REIT

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 23 DEC 2025
... National Storage REIT (NSR) as at June 2025, has urged shareholders to reject its takeover bid by Brookfield Asset Management and GIC for $2.86 cash per stapled security. The global listed real assets manager said it believes the current takeover offer ...

Super moves: Aware, VFMC, CareSuper, UniSuper, NGS

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
... Investment Partners. Yahyaei earlier held senior analyst roles at both the Reserve Bank of Australia and Spectrum Asset Management.

Nambawan Super taps former Prime Super boss for top job

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
... largest and longest-serving superannuation fund. He was most recently chief financial officer at Prime Value Asset Management, having previously spent 18 years as chief executive of Prime Super During his two decades at the helm of Prime Super Baird ...