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Blackstone promotes first private wealth hire

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... making the move to Blackstone, Rose spent five years at boutique Ellerston Capital, climbing from head of key accounts and research relationships to head of distribution. Her earlier stints include distribution roles at Colonial First State Investments ...

Super moves: NGS Super, HESTA, Mercer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... simulations, rebalanced systematic quantitative equity strategies, helped develop capital market assumptions, and assisted in research regarding strategic asset allocation decisions. He spent a year in Australia working as a macro analyst for HESTA ...

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 ...

Cordis AM winds up only fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
Cordis Asset Management will close its only fund, the Cordis Global Medical Technology Fund, after more than four years in operation. Cordis chief executive Michael Cartmill told Financial Standard it was a "difficult but disciplined" decision that ...

Voices down: Women staying quiet about retirement worries

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... significantly more worried about life after work across every measure and are less likely to seek help compared to men. The research indicated that 41% of women are financially confident about retirement, compared to 59% of men. This discrepancy is exacerbated ...

Replace capital gains discount with income averaging: e61

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... individuals to invest in capital gains-generating assets, borrow too much, and reclassify earnings as capital gains," e61 research manager Matt Nolan said. Nolan noted that simply lowering or abolishing the discount is not the answer. "The discount is ...

Financing the technological revolution: AI issuance in credit

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
... opportunities and risks promised by AI across fixed income markets from 2025 to 2028. Based on global capex data centres, the research estimates US$2.9 trillion as of 31 October 2025. Breaking this number down, the findings identified US$1.4 trillion ...

Big tech has "inconsequential" carbon emissions planning: Research

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
Latest research by World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) has found that top technology companies including Meta, Alphabet, Apple and Microsoft lack in mobilising low-carbon investments through capital expenditure and R&D, even though they have an emissions ...

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 ...

SEC slams proxy adviser 'oligopoly,' urges AI use

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2026
... opportunity for proxy advisory firms. Proxy advisers scaled their product offerings from limited-scope, non-discretionary research to today's end-to-end proxy voting 'solutions,' which not only handle the mechanics of the voting process, but provide ...