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Performance test changes not necessary: ART

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2026
... said it's important to make improvements to the test for new asset classes that may emerge, but in terms of how the $354 billion fund invests, things are unlikely to change. "Can you make improvements in the margin? Yeah, of course, you can always improve ...

Vinva snaps up ECP executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... work with Vinva's institutional and wholesale clients, adding firepower to a business that has grown to around $45 billion in assets under management since its 2010 launch. She joins from ECP Asset Management, where she spent three years as principal ...

Super moves: NGS Super, HESTA, Mercer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... 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 as an investment analytics manager ...

Schroders recruits head of ETFs

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... has appointed its first global head of exchange-traded funds to further supercharge the business after hitting over US$1 billion in active ETF assets. Tom Stephens will lead Schroders' global ETF strategy across products, infrastructure, distribution ...

HESTA logs record downsizer contributions in 2025

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... season. Downsizer contributions rose to $94 million in the year, a more than 8% jump from the previous year. The $100 billion super fund saw a surge of 24% in December alone as proceeds from spring sales flowed through to member super accounts. The downsizer ...

Maple-Brown Abbott partners to launch global infra fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... management (AUM) of circa $899 million. Headquartered in London, Pacific Asset Management is currently overseeing more than $28 billion of assets. It was founded in 2016. Under the agreement, Maple-Brown Abbott's existing UCITS fund will be transferred ...

Robust demand keeps SDA, PBSA assets firmly on investors' radar

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... eastern seaboard given the maturity of policy and the framework that exists." To meet current demand, an additional $14 billion of capital is needed to deliver about 5000 dwellings, Couper said, with the focus now on drawing more capital into the sector. ...

GDG awards Hackett big pay day

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... returns for shareholders." In its September quarter update, GDG reported total funds under management climbed 46% to $32.6 billion compared to the prior year. Investment bond sales inflows also climbed 58% to $330 million. Last month GDG named a new ...

Financing the technological revolution: AI issuance in credit

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
... explained that US yields have increased over the last five years, and annual AI-related capex is expected to grow from US$400 billion to over US$2 trillion by 2029. The bond market's capacity to accommodate for this spike in issuance is a major concern ...

Aware Super takes stake in European Outlet Mall Venture platform

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
... fundamentals," he said. The platform currently owns and operates four outlet centres with a cumulative worth of €2.6 billion. Spanning the Netherlands' Designer Outlet Roermond, Outlet Pandorf in Austria and Italy's Serravalle Design Outlet ...