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BNP Paribas AM wins additional US$600m from pension fund

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2026
... lending strategies, SRT offers decorrelation and resilience." Shire said around 40 banks issued SRT transactions in the first six months of 2026, with total issuance reaching $15 billon. More than 70% of that volume came from European banks. ASRS deputy ...

HNWIs demand outperforming, mission-driven endowment funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2026
... Israel and Iran. Despite the uncertainty, the fund is currently outperforming its long-term objective of CPI+3% measured over a six-year timeframe. "We're currently performing above that objective, which is a positive start, but we'd view that ...

Former UBS Asset Management executive pops up at RAM

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2026
... Investment Management/Pendal Group, AXA, Perpetual and Challenger. He also worked with the Financial Services Council for more than six years as a director and a member of the funds management board committee. RAM group chief executive and managing director ...

Banned SMSF auditor sentenced for falsifying reports

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2026
... decisions involving approved SMSF auditors, including 15 disqualifications, 24 sets of additional conditions, one suspension and six cancellations. ASIC and the Australian Taxation Office jointly regulate SMSF auditors, with the ATO able to refer conduct ...

Scams and governance failures dominate tip-offs to ASIC

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2026
The corporate watchdog received around 9800 tip-offs of misconduct from the public in the first six months of the year. Retail investor issues and governance matters continued to dominate reports received by ASIC, which together accounted for over four ...

KKR to pocket $24bn from USI sale

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2026
... more than 10,500 team members operating across close to 200 locations in the US. The transaction represents approximately six times the original equity KKR invested in 2017, valued at around $6 billion (US$4.3bn) and 3.4 times the total KKR balance sheet ...

FEATURE | Managed accounts | Industrialising advice

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2026
... might make a decision to make a change to the client portfolios, but you might not be meeting with that client for another six months," he says. "And so, the actual implementation of what was potentially good advice would have to wait until the next ...

Bathla collapse rattles private credit

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2026
... driven by concerns around Bathla Group. It anticipates that the freeze on redemptions will remain in place for between two to six months. "The temporary arrangements reflect the broader market, including uncertainty following proposed tax changes in ...

Future Fund chief steps down

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2026
Future Fund chief executive Raphael Arndt is stepping down after close to two decades with the sovereign wealth fund, six of which he served in the top spot. Future Fund chair Greg Combet said Arndt informed the board of his intention to leave the organisation ...

Super-backed venture fund raises $1bn from global investors

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2026
... already has backing from Future Fund, Hostplus, Aware Super and HESTA. "HESTA has partnered closely with Blackbird for over six years, building investments in some of the most ambitious tech companies in Australia and New Zealand," HESTA deputy chief ...