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State Street boosts digital asset access with new platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2026
State Street has launched a new digital asset platform as it looks to broaden institutional investors' access to the asset class. The new platform enables State Street to continue to develop "core products" like tokenised money markets funds (MMFs) ...

Super moves: NGS Super, HESTA, Mercer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
NGS Super has promoted Miao Yu to portfolio manager, currency and commodities. Most recently, Yu served as a senior investment analyst at the $17 billion fund for over two years, after joining in 2023 as an investment analyst. Previously, she worked ...

Fidelity names research director

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
Fidelity International has appointed a new research director as it moves to strengthen its coverage across the Asia Pacific. Rajesh Gannamani has relocated from Singapore to take on the Sydney-based role, reporting to John Stavis, head of equity research ...

Macquarie onboards Westpac's group treasurer

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
Macquarie has confirmed Westpac Group's treasurer Jo Dawson will join the investment banking and financial services group starting in June. Dawson brings more than 30 years of experience in financial markets, with 23 years spent at Westpac. She first ...

Legalsuper executives depart amid reorganisation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
A strategic review has seen the exit of Legalsuper's chief commercial officer and chief marketing officer. The super fund confirmed a reorganisation of its leadership team at the end of 2025 which has resulted in the departure of chief commercial ...

Bullock in 'full solidarity' with Powell

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Michele Bullock has joined 11 other central bank leaders around the world in showing support for US Federal Reserve (Fed) chair Jerome Powell. This week, the US Department of Justice served the Fed with grand ...

ETF investors bet on global diversification, FX hedging

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
Global equities dominated Australian ETF flows in 2025 along with a focus on currency-hedged exposures, as investors managed geopolitical and currency risks. The Australian ETF market grew by 34.1% in 2025, reaching an industry total market capitalisation ...

Federated Hermes appoints global fixed income CIO

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
Federated Hermes has promoted R.J. Gallo from deputy chief investment officer to chief investment officer for its global fixed income portfolio, who will succeed Robert Ostrowski when he retires in May of this year. Gallo has also served as the co-head ...

Trump 'playing with fire' over Fed indictment threat

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
In an unprecedented move, the US Department of Justice served the US Federal Reserve (Fed) with grand jury subpoenas, threatening a criminal indictment over testimony Fed chair Jerome Powell gave at the Senate Banking Committee in June 2025. The testimony ...

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

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2026
New research predicts that Australia's inflation rate will surge in 2026 and highlights that the country was left relatively unscathed by the US tariff shocks. According to the United Nations' (UN) latest World Economic Situation and Prospects 2026 ...