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Magellan to merge with Barrenjoey for $906m

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2026
... partner with Barrenjoey to pursue the significant opportunities ahead," he said. The combined entity will operate across public and private markets, providing corporate finance, fixed income, equities, research and investment management. With a 16% and ...

Future Group to buy Towers Watson RSE licence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2026
... trustee function in-house. Future Group entered an agreement with Willis Towers Watson in July 2025 to acquire the extended public offer licence and is currently awaiting regulatory approval, Financial Standard understands. While the licence was retained ...

Victory Capital makes 'best-of-both-worlds' offer for Janus Henderson

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2026
... any meaningful engagement from Janus Henderson's side. Victory Capital said it has reviewed Janus Henderson's and Trian's public filings and believes the new offer has only strengthened its conviction that it is uniquely positioned to deliver greater ...

Super assets reach $4.5tn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2026
... $62.3 billion. SMSF assets also rose to $1.06 trillion, up from $1 trillion in December 2024, marking a 6% increase. Exempt public sector superannuation scheme assets rose 3.9% from $175.2 billion to $182.1 billion. This comes after the Association of ...

Iress sticks to simplification plan, will consider "bona fide" takeover bids

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2026
... earnings trajectory and margin expansion opportunity, and remains fully committed to delivering long-term value in the public markets." However, it said consistent with its fiduciary duties, it will consider any bona fide proposal that appropriately ...

Unintended consequences of passive investing materialise: MFS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2026
... "He said, I didn't know [passive investing] was going to get this big. What he was referring to was, if 50% of the public markets is in passive investing, we're going to have chaos," she told the 2026 Active Advantage event in Sydney. She explained ...

Governance issues on the rise: ASIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2026
... our decisions on potential criminal and civil action." Court said ASIC continues to welcome reports and tip-offs from the public. ASIC also released its six-monthly Enforcement and Regulatory update, outlining that the regulator has secured hundreds ...

Blue Owl sells US$1.4bn assets to pension funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026
Blue Owl has liquidated US$1.4 billion worth of assets from several private credit strategies and sold them to four unnamed major pension funds and insurance companies. The redemption includes US$600 million of direct lending investments from Blue Owl ...

Product showcase: Strength amid noise

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
... borrowers in the broader MSPC universe were assessed as low or neutral AI risk, and none were deemed high risk. "So, while public market software valuations have moved around significantly, the types of businesses we lend to are stable, cash-generative ...

Aware Super overhauls investment team structure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
... making Private Markets a standalone function. The fund said the new structure brings together data, liquidity management, public and private markets, and defensive assets in a more connected operating framework. It said it is also supportive of the Total ...