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IFM targets growth opportunities with new global office

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2026
IFM Investors has opened its first office in Singapore to capture growth opportunities in a region "under allocated" by institutional investors. The organisation said the Singaporean presence reinforces its long-term commitment to the region and positions ...

SS&C wins mandate from Aussie boutique fund manager

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2026
Fundamental Investment Management, a Sydney-based boutique investment management firm, has mandated SS&C Technologies for its inaugural Fundamental Smaller Companies Fund. SS&C will provide fund administration and unit registry services for the fund. ...

Federated Hermes partners with Conduit Digital

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2026
Federated Hermes has entered a strategic alliance with Singapore based Conduit Digital Holdings to launch a regulated tokenised money market fund distribution structure across the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, including Australia. Under the arrangement ...

Invesco APAC head to retire

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2026
Invesco Asia Pacific chief Andrew Lo will retire from the global asset manager next March after 32 years with the firm, closing out more than three decades spent building its presence and partnerships across the region. Marty Franc will succeed Lo as ...

American Century names APAC managing director

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2026
American Century has named a new managing director and head of Asia Pacific, joining from Dimensional Fund Advisors. Nigel Stewart has joined the US$350 billion global asset manager and will report to Avantis Investors chief investment officer Eduardo ...

Vanguard adds floating rate ETF, managed fund to product suite

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2026
Vanguard has launched an Australian floating rate bond index strategy, available through both an ETF and a managed fund format. The Vanguard Australian Floating Rate Bond Index ETF (ASX: VFLT) has been listed on the ASX, and became the firm's first ...

VanEck cuts fees on gold ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2026
VanEck announced it is reducing the management fee for its Gold Bullion ETF (ASX: NUGG) to 0.14% per annum, effective 1 September 2026. VanEck chief executive and managing director, Asia Pacific, Arian Neiron said NUGG will be the most-effective way ...

Macquarie names local head of private capital markets

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2026
Macquarie Capital has welcomed a new head of private capital markets Australia and New Zealand. Melannie Pyzik has commenced in the new role, joining from CIM Group, where she was head of Asia Pacific, institutional client group for nearly two years. ...

How next gen infra is transforming diversification: Partners Group

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2026
Next generation infrastructure is emerging as an asset class that can provide excellent diversification in a portfolio, while catalysing support for further public-private incentives aligned with the government's climate targets, an expert said. Speaking ...

Macquarie AM-led consortium finalises Qube takeover

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2026
Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) and a consortium of global investors, including UniSuper and the family office of a Spanish billionaire, have completed their $11.7 billion acquisition of logistics and infrastructure giant Qube Holdings. The transaction ...