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GCQ hires longtime Platinum executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... have with day-to-day responsibility for workflow and professional development of the firm's analysts and portfolio managers. He will also work closely with head of distribution Stephen Higgins. All up, Isles spent over two decades at Platinum most ...

Ascalon turbocharges team with Zenith hire

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... grew from around $1 billion to nearly $6 billion. Before that, he was part of Zenith's research team, reviewing fund managers across domestic and global asset classes and building experience in manager selection and multi-asset portfolio design. ...

Super funds, instos shun ETFs, retail dominance prevails

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... be "considered as pretty institutional grade" around asset allocation and manager selection. As a whole, active fund managers continue to command the foothold of superannuation fund mandates, although this has destabilised in recent years thanks to the ...

AOFM names lead managers for 2037 Treasury Bond

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
... 2037 Treasury Bond was issued via syndication this week with Barrenjoey, UBS, Westpac and NAB appointed as joint lead managers. Initial price guidance for the issue is a spread of five to seven basis points to the implied bid yield for the primary 10-year ...

Investment managers ramp up AI use in front offices

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
Seventy percent of buy-side firms, including asset managers, pension funds and insurance companies, are adopting artificial intelligence (AI) in front offices, while more than half are scaling implementation. The 2026 Global InvestOps report from SimCorp ...

Active fund managers endure fee pressures, dominate mandates: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
Active fund managers continue to face fee pressures but still ensnare a large chunk of major mandates, a new study from institutional investment consulting firm Callan shows. San Francisco-based Callan's 2025 Investment Management Fee Study drew on ...

Laws to limit US pension plans' use of ESG pass

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2026
... the bills assume that considering ESG factors, or otherwise engaging in responsible investment, means that investment managers or fiduciaries are sacrificing financial returns to address non-financial issues. But responsible investment is about appropriately ...

Super moves: NGS Super, HESTA, Mercer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... Separately, a HESTA macro analyst is set to return to Dublin to take up a new role at the €125 billion Irish Life Investment Managers, which invests on behalf of insurers, pension schemes, fiduciaries and sovereign wealth funds in Europe and the US. ...

Fairlight adds Sydney partner

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... Fairlight's push into Australia. Founded in 2018, the London-based Fairlight seeds, backs and builds specialist investment managers, including global macro firm Bowmoor Capital. As part of his role, George will also run the firm's local distribution ...

Morningstar bulks up managed portfolios team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... Maple-Brown Abbott, Colonial First State, BlackRock and Barclays Global Investors. Abraham will work alongside the account managers and business development team to support advisers and investors. He returns to Morningstar - where he worked as an investment ...