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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 ...

Lazard sets up new chief investment role

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... assistant secretary of the US Treasury for economic policy. Previously, he was a portfolio manager and managing director at BlackRock, where he managed systematic equity funds and served as head of research for multi-asset strategies. "Establishing the ...

No room for a neutral stance in 2026: BlackRock

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
The market is ripe for active investing, the BlackRock Investment Institute said in its annual global economy and financial markets outlook report. The inertia of mounting geopolitical tensions and a rapidly unfolding artificial intelligence (AI) buildout ...

FEATURE | Recruitment: Laying foundations

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... to enterprise data storage solutions like Databricks and Snowflake, portfolio management platforms such as Aladdin by BlackRock and Charles River for investment data solutions. Turner says once funds merge, they face critical decisions about which platforms ...