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Partners Group launches new strategy, appoints lead

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
... evergreen fund in September last year. Partners Group has over US$185 billion ($275bn) in assets under management across all asset classes globally to date.

Investment managers ramp up AI use in front offices

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
Seventy percent of buy-side firms, including asset managers, pension funds and insurance companies, are adopting artificial intelligence (AI) in front offices, while more than half are scaling implementation. The 2026 Global InvestOps report from SimCorp ...

Improvised super tax poses unfair, inequitable outcomes: Industry

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
... the calculation, the association believe a simpler approach would be to calculate the 'cost base' as the greater of the asset's market value at 30 June 2026 or the asset's CGT cost base. This approach would remove the need for an election to be made ...

HUB24 advances HTFS Nominees takeover, FUA hits $152bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
... (IRIS), delivering income for life, the benefits of an account-based pension, and provide access to concessional Centrelink asset test treatment." "The new capability will drive efficiencies for advisers, greater transparency through the transition process ...

ASIC returns $40m of CFD losses

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
ASIC has secured the return of nearly $40 million to more than 38,000 retail investors as it continues to drive substantial compliance improvement across Australia's contracts for difference (CFD) sector following a whole of industry review. CFDs ...

EQT stands firm on defence, blames ASIC, third parties

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
... also mentioned. In EQT's eyes, losses to members were caused by financial advisers' wrongdoing, responsible entity Keystone Asset Management and related parties. All this was facilitated by auditor BDO, SQM and Atchison. Citing SQM's research on the ...

Active fund managers endure fee pressures, dominate mandates: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
... Callan's 2025 Investment Management Fee Study drew on fees earned by active and passive fund managers overseeing several asset classes during 2024. The report captured mandates run by 329 global investment firms and 180 institutional investors. Collectively ...

NGS Super appoints Robeco to manage two new mandates

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
... which led to Fontine Kotsilas being named chief risk officer. As the new year unfolded, NGS Super created a new head of asset allocation role, which was filled by Mohamed Noureldin. This appointment coincided with the fund's fixed income specialist ...

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 ...

'Generous' UK State Pension reforms to hit expats

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2026
The UK government's significant changes to its State Pension rules from April will impact many expatriates who are relying on these "generous" payments as an income stream, according to a financial adviser. From 6 April 2026, the UK State Pension ...