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Japanese insurer acquires stake in Barings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
A Japanese insurance company is taking an 18% stake in Barings to support its long-term growth strategy. MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, via subsidiary Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., will acquire 18% of Barings from MassMutual. MassMutual will continue ...

Pacific Current appoints new managing director

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025
... Clarke has been executive director and acting chief executive of Pacific Current since July of last year. He joined the company after serving as a non-executive director at Perpetual. Prior to this role he spent more than 10 years at Challenger, including ...

Pengana hires Tyndall veteran

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... is a huge asset to the Australian equities team. "Michael is well-known for his disciplined investment approach, deep company insights, and consistent delivery of income and growth outcomes for clients," he said. "Michael will operate as a peer alongside ...

Super moves: Future Fund, Bupa, QIC, HESTA, Prime Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... helped develop a risk-based climate change adaptation framework and asset management model for a global petrochemical company. Finally, Brighter Super has appointed Queensland director and superannuation veteran Brendan O'Farrell to its Board as ...

Interprac sued over Shield, First Guardian failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... retirement savings at significant risk. At 10.20am, following ASIC's announcement, Sequoia Financial Group - the parent company of Interprac - entered a trading halt. Together, Interpac representatives Venture Egg and Rhys Reilly Pty Ltd advised ...

UniSuper commits over $760m to Macquarie AM's infra strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
... Potters Industries is ongoing, and once completed, UniSuper, MAM and Partners Capital will acquire majority interest in the company from TJC. It is expected to close in the first half of 2026. The move aligns with UniSuper's strategy of developing aligned ...

QIC increases investment in Tilt Renewables

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2025
... of delivering new generation and storage on time and on budget." Meanwhile, AGL managing director Damien Nicks said the company looks forward to continuing to work with Tilt, QIC and the Future Fund as Tilt delivers its development pipeline. "The transaction ...

HESTA, Vision Super divest Israeli securities

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
... Ethical chief impact and ethics officer Alison George said in a statement: "We apply ethical investment restrictions to any company or asset we assess as supporting illegal occupation or manufacturing weapons. This means we do not currently invest in ...

NRFC invests in brain-computer interface devices

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
The National Reconstruction Fund Corporation (NRFC) has taken a $54 million stake in Australian medical device company Synchron, to support the production of minimally invasive Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) devices. Synchron's Strentrode BCI device ...

Key roles vacant as NZ Super prepares for growth

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... who leaves NZ Super after 14 years. Mirza most recently led the direct investments team responsible for major private company holdings both domestically and abroad. NZ Super said Mirza played a pivotal role in shaping the fund's private markets program. ...