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Platforms should be wary of cutting options: Experts

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
Experts have warned that cutting too many options on platforms could restrain client choice. Speaking at the Morningstar Investment Conference 2026 in Sydney, BT Financial Group chief executive Matt Rady noted the role of platforms as a core component ...

Feature: Private credit | The fine print

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
JPMorgan Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon grabbed headlines last year when speaking at one of the banking giant's quarterly earnings calls. "When you see one cockroach," he told analysts, "there are probably more." The cockroach Dimon was referring ...

GSFM launches two global private markets funds

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2026
GSFM is offering new global private markets opportunities to local institutional and wholesale investors,launching of two new funds in conjunction with its Canadian affiliation. GSFM, with CI Global Asset Management (CI GAM) as investment manager of ...

IFM expands UK presence with acquisitions

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2026
IFM Investors will obtain 100% ownership of UK-based Nala Renewables and Briggs Equipment UK through two separate transactions. Currently visiting the UK with several superannuation funds, IFM Investors announced the acquisitions to further enhance ...

Nearly $12bn leaves Challenger in March quarter

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2026
Challenger saw $11.7 billion leave its funds management business in the third quarter, of which $3.4 billion came from negative market movements driven by the Middle East conflict. The lion's share of $8 billion were net outflows while the balance of ...

Partners Wealth Group unveils new identity for Partners Private

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2026
Partners Wealth Group (PWG) has revitalised its private markets business, Partners Private, with a new identity, as it combines its public and private markets capabilities under a single institutional-grade offering. PWG managing director Mathew Cassidy ...

FEATURE: Private equity | Time to deploy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
Private markets have experienced significant growth in recent years, and investors are showing no signs of slowing down. Global private equity (PE) investment rose from US$1.8 trillion in 2024 to US$2.1 trillion in 2025, despite a decline in deal volume ...

Perpetual multi asset leads exits

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
Perpetual's head of multi-asset has exited the firm following her former boss's departure to Pinnacle Investment Management. The firm confirmed Lydia Kav left late last month, around a month after the wealth business' chief investment officer signed ...

Fink doubles down on private markets ambitions

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink is doubling down on private markets' golden run, predicting the fund manager will raise US$400 billion of these assets by 2030. BlackRock aims to tap investments in infrastructure, private credit and alternatives ...

AMP investment chief reshapes her team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2026
AMP investment chief Anna Shelley has handed out a string of promotions on the back of a solid year for its superannuation business. Stuart Eliot, Duy To, Steve Flegg and Jeronimo Harrison have all been promoted as part of the investment team refresh. ...