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Former IFM Investors director leads global PE firm's foray into Australia

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2026
A former IFM Investors director has joined the Paris-based Antin Infrastructure Partners to set up shop in Australia, as the infrastructure-focused investor looks to enter the Australian market. Duncan Welsh has been named investor relations principal ...

Investors back active management

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2026
Australian investors are increasingly turning to active management and broader portfolio diversification as geopolitical uncertainty and market volatility reshape investment strategies according to new research from Schroders. The Schroders Global Investor ...

Five V Capital welcomes new C-suite appointment

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2026
The Sydney-based boutique investment manager focussing on venture capital and private equity has welcomed a new member to its executive line up. Larissa Reyes has joined Five V Capital as chief people officer, brining over two decades of experience ...

ASIC pushes to bolster competitiveness

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2026
... dynamism in Australia's public and private markets. The corporate regulator is working alongside the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) in supervising transformation in Australia's critical national markets infrastructure. ASIC is leading the first in a ...

Euroz Hartleys sells capital markets arm to Canada's BMO

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2026
Euroz Hartleys has sold its capital markets business to Canada's BMO Financial Group (BMO) for $145 million in an all-cash deal. The divestment will allow the ASX-listed wealth firm to be a standalone pure-play private wealth business, it said. Both ...

ETF adoption hits 'meaningful threshold' among SWFs

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2026
Nearly 40% of sovereign wealth funds have an allocation to ETFs, a new report from Invesco shows, underscoring their expanded roles among institutional investors as their rate of adoption hits a "meaningful threshold". Invesco's Global Sovereign Asset ...

Mercer cuts mandates for Global Listed Property Fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2026
Mercer Investments Australia has again trimmed its fund manager line-up, this time making changes to its Global Listed Property Fund. Effective July 1, Principal Asset Management will be the sole fund manager overseeing the Mercer Global Listed Property ...

Mercer Super fined $10.3m for reportable situations failures

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2026
Mercer Superannuation Australia will pay a $10.3 million penalty after it admitted to breaching the Reportable Situations Regime on several occasions, which the Federal Court found could have had the "potential to have a detrimental effect on members." ...

Corruption, governance risks: The cost of doing business in emerging markets?

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2026
... Denmark took the top spot for the eighth time in a row with the highest score of 89. Finland (88), Singapore (84), Australia (76) and New Zealand (81) also score highly - countries perceived to be the least corrupt or "clean" countries. Weak governance ...

Former Brighter Super investment lead plots return

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2026
After a six-month hiatus, former Brighter Super chief investment officer Mark Rider is returning to the superannuation industry, set to join another super fund next month. Rider has been named general manager, investments at Primer Super, filling the ...