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ISS STOXX acquires Scientific Beta

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2026
... (SGX) in a bid to expand its presence within the asset owner segment and deepen engagement with large institutional investors. Scientific Beta was established in 2012 by the EDHEC-Risk Institute, an academic institution in the field of fundamental and ...

ICS secures mandate for UK specialist fund manager

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2026
... growing community of investment managers across the UK and globally accessing ATHENA, including local institutional investors like Active Super before the merger with Vision Super that took place in March 2025.

Investors back active management

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2026
... to new research from Schroders. The Schroders Global Investor Insights Survey 2026, which surveyed 1025 institutional investors representing US$72 trillion in assets across 24 markets, found 91% of Australian investors believe active management can help ...

Stablecoins a key to instant access to global credit markets

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2026
... like stablecoins are not only opening doors for assets like private credit funds that were exclusive to institutional investors, but also a debt universe that is no longer limited to the domestic market, experts told Financial Standard. Currently, borrowers ...

ETF adoption hits 'meaningful threshold' among SWFs

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2026
... funds have an allocation to ETFs, a new report from Invesco shows, underscoring their expanded roles among institutional investors as their rate of adoption hits a "meaningful threshold". Invesco's Global Sovereign Asset Management Study canvassed 90 ...

HMC Capital wins $1.3bn private credit insto mandate

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2026
... it said. HMC Capital said it is now positioned to originate significantly larger loan opportunities for institutional investors and grow its market share. It added the mandates will expand available funding capacity, support growth in fee-earning assets ...

Corruption, governance risks: The cost of doing business in emerging markets?

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2026
Beyond a governance issue, corruption is a major deterrence to capital flows, undermines long-term development and carries crippling social costs. Seasoned investors, though, are quick to challenge the notion that corruption and governance risks are ...

Frontier awards custody mandate for ICIO offering

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2026
... as part of developing the capability to offer an end-to-end advice and portfolio management service for institutional investors. That team successfully transitioned into the firm in December and has continued to manage the State Super portfolio as 'client ...

Ironbark and EQT partner to launch private markets fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2026
... investors with access to global deal flow and value-creation opportunities that were primarily available to institutional investors only in a closed-ended structure. The fund will also leverage EQT's active ownership approach by using its infrastructure ...

Stablecoin to reshape financial services workforce

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2026
... within the organisation. In January, State Street had launched its own digital assets platform designed for institutional investors. According to BCG, the stablecoin businesses are scaling at a rapid rate, projecting the size of the market to hit US$3 ...