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Invesco APAC head to retire

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2026
... asset management experience, including 13 years at Invesco. Lo will retire on 31 March 2027 before serving as chair emeritus, APAC. He will continue to represent Invesco on the boards of its China and India joint ventures and provide strategic counsel ...

American Century names APAC managing director

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2026
American Century has named a new managing director and head of Asia Pacific, joining from Dimensional Fund Advisors. Nigel Stewart has joined the US$350 billion global asset manager and will report to Avantis Investors chief investment officer Eduardo ...

Qualitas seizes on private credit shift to Europe

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2026
Qualitas is firmly positioning itself in the UK with a major acquisition as it bets on institutional investors' shifting appetite for private credit opportunities away from the US to Europe and APAC. The alternative real estate investment manager ...

How next gen infra is transforming diversification: Partners Group

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2026
... representation in Europe being headquartered out of there. We've had very good success expanding into North America, and recently, APAC is growing as a jurisdiction... India is becoming a more prevalent geography as well. We've got boots on the ...

Iress bets on AI as business transformation moves forward

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2026
Iress is shifting its focus from business simplification to executing an ambitious artificial intelligence (AI)-driven product strategy that will help financial advisers slash work processes by nearly 40%. Speaking following the release of Iress' first-half ...

Macquarie AM-led consortium finalises Qube takeover

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2026
Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) and a consortium of global investors, including UniSuper and the family office of a Spanish billionaire, have completed their $11.7 billion acquisition of logistics and infrastructure giant Qube Holdings. The transaction ...

FEATURE: Cryptocurrency, control and confidence

VINNY VUCAGO  |  SATURDAY, 15 AUG 2026
For much of Australia's compulsory superannuation era, investing for retirement has been built on a quiet understanding: contribute consistently, trust professional fund managers and allow time to do the work. For a growing number of younger Australians ...

Franklin Templeton names new APAC head

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2026
Franklin Templeton has appointed the former global chief of Aberdeen Investments to a lead role in its Asia-Pacific business. Rene Buehlmann is the new head of Asia Pacific and will start his role late next month (September 21). As APAC head, Buehlmann ...

State Street launches first active ETFs in Australia

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2026
State Street Investment Management has launched two actively managed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in an extension of its partnership with Blackstone Credit and Insurance. These are the first actively managed ETFs launched by either firm in Australia. ...

Mixed inflation data keeps August RBA meeting a 'live' one

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2026
Australia's Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 3.8% in the 12 months to June, down from 4% in the 12 months to May 2026, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Housing came out to be the largest contributor to annual inflation for ...