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Global pension assets near $90tn: Research

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
... largest single pensions market, accounting for 66% of the total, and grew by 7.7% per annum over the past decade. South Korea, Switzerland, and Hong Kong all grew by more than 8% p.a. over the same period, while Australia grew by 6.6%, which is above ...

Macquarie AM to acquire Last Mile Infrastructure and Energy Assets Group

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
... Asia Infrastructure Fund 2 (MAIF2). In 2020, MAM acquired DIG Airgas to strengthen the company's long-term value in South Korea's industrial gas market. The industrial gas provider operates a nationwide network of separation units and on-site generations ...

Totality Wealth chief executive exits, replacement named

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
... Securities. Smith has also worked at Macquarie Group for more than 14 years, helping grow its presence in Hong Kong and South Korea. "We would like to thank former chief executive Adam Smith for his significant contribution to the Saxo Australia/Totality ...

I Squared Capital rolls out $300m sustainable energy solution

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2026
... platform Hexa Renewables, which has more than two gigawatts (GW) of solar, wind and energy storage assets in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Philippines and India, also secured by long term contracts.

Australia evades tariff shocks, CPI to surge in 2026: UN

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2026
... reciprocal tariff baseline rate of 10%, the report said. Meanwhile, the effective tariff rate for Japan was 14.7%, and for South Korea, 14.5%, reflecting the reduction of the IEEPA reciprocal tariff baseline rate applied to imports from both countries ...

South Korea looks to Australia for next sovereign wealth fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
South Korea is establishing another sovereign wealth fund, with this one to be modelled on the Future Fund. Launching the National Growth Fund yesterday, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Yooncheol Koo said the government would ...

Australia dominates APAC real estate private credit raisings

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2025
... sector, capturing 40% of the $17.0 billion (US$11.2bn) raised in APAC between 2020 and 2024, followed by India (36%), South Korea (11%) and Japan (5%). The Knight Frank report projects there will be US$90 to US$110 billion in private credit growth over ...

Brookfield raises $4bn for new alts fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2025
... digitalisation, decarbonisation and deglobalisation megatrends, particularly in markets such as Australia, Japan, South Korea and Singapore," Robertson said. "Our Asia Pacific investors recognise the tailwinds for infrastructure debt and we are pleased ...

DWS names APAC real estate business lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
... direct real estate platform covers portfolio management, asset management and research across countries that include South Korea, Singapore and Japan.

FEATURE: Hyped up

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
Financial services firms stand at a pivotal juncture. Those in one camp, with their heads buried in the sand, can no longer ignore the fact that artificial intelligence (AI), particularly its sidekick generative AI (GenAI), is everywhere. The other ...