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Performance test changes not necessary: ART

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2026
... test, you can't actually hide behind the benchmarks. We don't see much point in doing that, especially in the private asset classes," he said. Parker said some benchmarks, such as real estate infrastructure, are near impossible to mark against ...

Blackstone promotes first private wealth hire

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... manager, has promoted a Sydney staffer to managing director. Lisa Rose has started a new position as managing director of private wealth just one year after being appointed principal at the US$1.2 trillion private equity giant. Rose was Blackstone's ...

Super moves: NGS Super, HESTA, Mercer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... Potter Securities. Elsewhere, a TelstraSuper alternative investments and real assets analyst has landed at Hostplus in the private markets team. Tina Sung was a senior analyst at TelstraSuper for about two years, breaking her tenure there with a 12-month ...

Robust demand keeps SDA, PBSA assets firmly on investors' radar

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... to additional equity upside as the sector matures, are a good addition to most portfolios and complement allocations to private credit and more traditional asset classes for that matter," Couper said. Although MA Financial's focus lies between New South ...

Financing the technological revolution: AI issuance in credit

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
... corporate debt insurance and US$150 billion from securitised credit insurance. Also, US$800 billion in opportunities for private credit through asset-based finance and debt funding, and US$350 billion from other capital sources, the research indicated. ...

Granite Bay Private Wealth launches, taps BlackRock

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
Former QIC and Morgan Stanley staffers have launched Granite Bay Private Wealth and appointed BlackRock as its outsourced chief investment officer (OCIO). Granite Bay is founded by Brisbane-based Steve Moon, who is also the managing partner. Moon was ...

Pallas Capital launches in the UK

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
Shortly after its Western Australian expansion, Pallas Capital, the Sydney-based private credit firm, has set up shop in the UK, with executive director Ben Keenan returning to London to lead the business. The firm has confirmed the UK business will ...

APRA executive director of super, life insurance exits

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2026
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has noted the departure of executive director life insurance, private health insurance and superannuation (LPHIS) Carmen Beverley-Smith. APRA said Beverley-Smith has resigned to take up an opportunity ...

KKR chief operating officer steps down

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2026
Private equity and investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) announced that Ryan Stork will step down from his role as chief operating officer effective immediately. KKR announced the departure of Stork in a regulatory filing dated January ...

Cbus hires corporate governance head

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2026
... expertise in cyber security, risk, program delivery, compliance, strategy and executive engagement across both the public and private sectors." Many superannuation funds have been lifting their cyber security practices after several funds were targeted ...