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Federated Hermes enters local wholesale market

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2026
... invests in an AUD-denominated share class of the Federated Hermes Project and Trade Finance Master Fund, the firm said. The new income solution offers Australian wholesale investors access to the trade finance asset class for the first time, which Federated ...

Challenger-led consortium bids for Pepper Money

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2026
... Money provides residential home loans, as well as asset finance, commercial real estate and novated leases in Australia. In New Zealand it offers residential home loans. Pepper Money had $20.1 billion in assets under management (AUM) at the end of June ...

Debby Blakey steps down as HESTA chief

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2026
... members over such a long time." Roxon said Blakey leaves the fund with foundations in place for future growth, pointing to the new technology-led administration platform ready to be optimised and a scaled investment strategy that has close to 20% of ...

Government to ask super funds to invest in defence infrastructure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
... and Victoria Barracks in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, serve no useful strategic value and some will instead be used for new housing developments, among other things.

KKR to acquire Arctos Partners

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
... partners Ian Charles and Doc O'Connor will join KKR as partners, with Charles to lead the newly formed KKR Solutions. The new investing business will include Arctos' Sports and Keystone businesses and serve as the hub for a scaled multi-asset class secondaries ...

KKR splashes $603m on HMC platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
... to optimise its balance sheet exposure and fully participate in the value created whilst retaining flexibility to introduce new capital partners in the future," he said. The operating assets, which were previously owned by Neoen, generated operating ...

Macquarie AM to acquire Last Mile Infrastructure and Energy Assets Group

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
... utility connections across the UK. It is also a crucial force in supporting the UK government's targets of building 1.5 million new homes by 2029, and bolstering connections for industrial and commercial properties, MAM said. Since the initial agreement ...

Tax reform uncertainty to exacerbate property sell-offs: Survey

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
... enough to trigger widespread hesitation or withdrawal. Elsewhere, PIPA found 64% of respondents were unaware of Victoria's new vacant residential land tax, and around 60% said they had only moderate or limited knowledge of changes to tenancy laws ...

Deadline approaches for Shield, First Guardian victims

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
A new website is launching today to assist some 9000 victims who have yet to file a complaint in relation to the Shield and First Guardian Master Funds, as the deadline for some fast approaches. Funded by ASIC, the new website was launched by Super ...

Future Group rejigs investment team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026
Future Group has reshuffled its investment leadership, appointing a new chief investment officer and shifting its incumbent investment lead into a strategist role. Joe Fernandes joins the group after five years at Australian Unity, where he most recently ...