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MA Financial backs FundBox's Australian expansion with $100m facility

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... transaction, supporting its expansion into Australia through a bespoke asset-backed lending facility," MA Financial executive director of global credit solutions Guy Kaufman said. "Fundbox has developed a differentiated and scalable platform, and we ...

PGIM expands into private credit secondaries

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... across the US and Europe with a particular focus on middle market transactions. The initiative will be led by managing director and head of private credit secondaries Alex Stuart and senior principal of private credit secondaries Maelle Reichenbach. ...

Danish pension fund dumps US bonds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
... is selling off all its US government bond holdings, to the tune of about $144 million. Akademiker Pension investment director Anders Schelde said the fund has used US Treasuries for many years to aid liquidity and risk management. He said the decision ...

Australian profits flat as global earnings soar to record highs

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
... capital gains, and generated trillions of dollars in cash to return to shareholders," Capital Group equity investment director Andy Budden said. Technology and the media sectors were the key drivers of 2025's profit growth, with Microsoft, Apple, Nvidia ...

Investment managers ramp up AI use in front offices

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
... unless they can draw from high-quality, well-structured, and centrally governed data sources," CalSTRS senior investment director, strategic management and operations April Wilcox said. "Achieving a true 'single source of truth' isn't just a technical ...

Study reveals who bares brunt of US tariffs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
... intended the tariffs to target foreign businesses, the policy actually harms the domestic economy, Kiel Institute research director Julian Hinz said. "The tariffs are an own goal. The claim that foreign countries pay these tariffs is a myth. The data ...

APRA names super, life insurance lead

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
APRA has appointed Jane Magill as executive director for life insurance, private health insurance and superannuation (LPHIS). Leaving her previous position as executive director of general insurance and banking (GIB), Magill will fill the role recently ...

EQT stands firm on defence, blames ASIC, third parties

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
... a serious manner with a focus on continuous improvement," the document read. Late last year, Equity Trustees managing director Mick O'Brien reiterated that ETSL does not consider itself responsible for the losses incurred by members who invested ...

Active fund managers endure fee pressures, dominate mandates: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
... and may be approaching practical lower limits for quality institutional products in some asset classes," said Callan director of research Ivan 'Butch' Cliff said. Callan's funds under advice comes to more than US$3 trillion in total.

'Generous' UK State Pension reforms to hit expats

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2026
... increase to 10 consecutive years. Having some impacted clients who lived and worked in the UK, Guided Investor managing director and financial adviser Brad Buters told Financial Standard that the beauty of the UK State Pension is it is not means tested. ...