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Financial services' gender pay gap improves at 21.4%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2026
... biggest gap at 68.3% followed by Canaccord Genuity at 65.9%. Those with a gender pay gap between 30% and 50% include BlackRock, Perpetual, Centuria, Viridian Financial Group, Magellan Asset Management, Ord Minnett and Merrill Lynch. Those with the lowest ...

Super moves: Mercer, AusSuper, Future Fund, VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
... role in 2022. The move marks a return to property for Brown, who previously served as global real estate strategist at BlackRock in London, advising on equity, debt and synthetic exposure across global markets. He also headed global capital markets research ...

Generation Life expands investment menu

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
... Effective Australian Share Fund managed by Invesco and the iShares Hedged International Equity Index Fund managed by BlackRock. "The funds target a conservative 45% loan-to-value ratio, and all borrowing costs of the fund are tax deductible within the ...

GDG reports record FUM growth, eyes stronger second half

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2026
... investment bonds. New products across lifetime annuities and additional income solutions being developed in partnership with BlackRock will also contribute to future growth, GDG said. Lonsec, which GDG took over in June 2024, recorded underlying EBIT ...

Irish sovereign wealth fund mandates four managers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2026
... transitions from 2041. As manager of the funds, the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) has selected Amundi, BlackRock, State Street and UBS to provide passive investment services. "The NTMA has selected multiple firms to achieve an appropriate ...

BlackRock, State Street see assets climb

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
BlackRock's assets under management (AUM) have hit US$14 trillion in the fourth quarter ending December 2025, while State Street reported a 20% jump in its AUM. BlackRock's boost in assets follows a record US$698 billion of net inflows for the full ...

Morningstar bulks up managed portfolios team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... intermediary distribution at Antipodes Group. Previously, he held senior positions at Maple-Brown Abbott, Colonial First State, BlackRock and Barclays Global Investors. Abraham will work alongside the account managers and business development team to ...

Granite Bay Private Wealth launches, taps BlackRock

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
Former QIC and Morgan Stanley staffers have launched Granite Bay Private Wealth and appointed BlackRock as its outsourced chief investment officer (OCIO). Granite Bay is founded by Brisbane-based Steve Moon, who is also the managing partner. Moon was ...

KKR chief operating officer steps down

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2026
... departure of Stork in a regulatory filing dated January 8. In 2021, Stork left his role as deputy chief operating officer at BlackRock to take up the leadership role at KKR in January 2022. Stork first joined BlackRock in February of 1999 as managing ...

Trump plans to ban large investors from buying homes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
... market include Invitation Homes, which Blackstone used to be an owner of, as well as several pension funds via mandates. BlackRock is also often singled out in commentary as one such investor, however the firm says while it does invest in multi-family ...