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Janus Henderson awards mandate to BNP Paribas

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2026
BNP Paribas' Securities Services business has been awarded a long-term strategic mandate with Janus Henderson to provide a wide range of fund and market and financing services across Australia, the UK, France and Luxembourg. The mandate is an extension ...

GCI Funds raises $125m for second strategic capital fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2026
Australian mid-market private credit asset manager GCI Funds has successfully raised $125 million for the launch of its second fund in its strategic capital series - the Strategic Capital Fund 2 - after raising $100 million for the first product in ...

FEATURE: Global equities | Triaging tech's second act

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026
"I think the odds are on our side." That was the message from Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei at the World Economic Forum in Davos, as the race for global dominance in artificial intelligence (AI) gains historic pace. Anthropic is building the ...

Blue Owl says its private credit loan books remain healthy

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2026
US alternative asset manager Blue Owl Capital, with over US$307 billion in assets under management, is not seeing any increase in defaults in its loans amid rising concerns over the health of the country's private credit sector. Speaking at the Asia ...

Magellan strengthens ranks with twin hires

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
... Financial Group is bolstering its senior ranks, bringing in new heads of product and operations as the Sydney-based asset manager pushes ahead with plans to strengthen its next phase of growth. Jonathan Gad joins as head of product, tasked with overseeing ...

Contact Asset Management terminates sole fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026
... BKI Investment Company, the listed investment company it was named manager of in 2016. "Contact is a profitable asset manager and is very well positioned to continue in its role as investment manager of BKI Investment Company," Culbert said. BKI Investment ...

Fink doubles down on private markets ambitions

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
... manager currently has more than US$30 billion in retail private markets assets. It is the largest general insurance asset manager, according to Clearwater Analytics, with US$700 billion. Subsidiary HPS saw nearly US$20 billion of net inflows in 2025. ...

Managed accounts increase confidence amid volatility: Research

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026
... factor, followed by availability on their primary investment platform, competitive fees, and the reputation of the asset manager. Among advisers yet to adopt, the main hurdles are less about belief in the benefits and more about the perceived cost, effort ...

S64, Ardian partner to launch new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026
S64 and Ardian have partnered to launch the S64 Ardian Access Infrastructure Fund, an evergreen Australian unit trust. The collaboration will give Australia's wealth management industry access to Ardian's infrastructure strategies through the S64 platform. ...

Influx of data weighing on legacy systems

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2026
As asset managers are inundated with an influx of data daily, Macquarie Group principal engineer Ranjit Singh told the 2026 AM Tech Day event in Sydney that legacy systems are standing in the way. Singh said legacy systems create a multitude of challenges ...