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Temasek joins consortium to acquire Clearwater Analytics

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
Temasek has joined a private equity consortium that will acquire Clearwater Analytics for US$8.4 billion ($12.5bn). The consortium led by private equity firms Permira and Warburg Pincus is offering US$24.55 per share for the NYSE-listed software company ...

Investors weigh risks amid Venezuelan crisis

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
... need restoration and security concerns cannot be dismissed," he said. "Investor protection, contract enforceability, and asset control will be decisive factors in determining which capital participates and at what scale. "This is not an indiscriminate ...

Australians fearful of getting their investments wrong: CFS

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
... decisions. However, for those who are investing, CFS found the bias towards property remains strong. One in five selected the asset class if they could only invest into one asset, despite data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showing national ...

AllianceBernstein promotes private wealth head to president

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
... additional role of head of private wealth in July 2022. Erzan will continue to lead AB's private wealth management, global asset management distribution and global private alternatives businesses, AB confirmed. In addition, Erzan will assume responsibility ...

FEATURE | Recruitment: Laying foundations

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... they already struggle to maintain market share in competition with passive investors. Morningstar's 2025 pulse check on asset managers estimated lumpier growth in fund flows of listed Australian fund managers in the coming year, much less than the ...

Global sovereign wealth fund assets grow to $15tn

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... will likely stay small," the report read. The key theme for investments, the report said, remained digitalisation across asset classes as sovereign funds continued to allocate capital to digital infrastructure, data centers and AI companies. The US attracted ...

ASIC sues BDO Audit for misleading statements

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... ASIC." Notably, BDO is also the auditor of the collapsed investment scheme Shield Master Fund, which confirmed that Keystone Asset Management, the responsible entity of Shield, had complied with the compliance plan for the financial year ended 30 June ...

MetLife completes PineBridge acquisition

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 DEC 2025
A year on from the announcement, MetLife Investment Management (MIM) has successfully acquired PineBridge Investments from the Pacific Century Group. The combined business, which manages total assets of US$735 billion, will be led by MIM president Brian ...

ART takes 20% stake in Westfield Sydney, hands mandate to QIC

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 DEC 2025
... stake in Sydney's iconic Westfield mall from Scentre Group for $864 million. Scentre Group will retain 80.1% of the retail asset and remain its property, leasing and development manager. QIC will act as the investment manager on ART's behalf. Westfield ...

Most read in 2025: Executive appointments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 DEC 2025
... fund's multi-manager portfolios. Talent exodus hits Zenith, Lonsec and Evidentia In June the battle for experienced asset consultants was heating up. Zenith Investment Partners saw the departure of its lead consultant Steve Tang who joined colleague ...