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LGT bolsters investment bench

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2026
LGT Wealth Management has expanded its investment leadership team with two senior appointments aimed at strengthening its capabilities across private markets and sustainable investing, as high-net-worth clients increasingly seek more sophisticated and ...

Unit trusts FUM 'plateaued': Rainmaker

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2026
... the fastest growing sector, increasing 15% over the period with $9.1 billion in net inflows. Further, there were 13 asset class sectors which had positive net flows (largest to smallest): international large caps, bonds (credit/high yield), bonds diversified ...

Feature: Private credit | The fine print

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
... managing director Andrew Lockhart contends the current rhetoric is designed to create fear among investors against the asset class. "The asset class is not homogeneous," Lockhart says. "This idea that all private credit, all private credit managers ...

ISS STOXX Sustainability names APAC head

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
ISS STOXX strengthens its sustainability business in APAC with the appointment of a new regional head. Julia Leske has been promoted to head of sustainability business, APAC, which is a newly-created role reporting to the group's global head of ...

ASIC launches action against Equity Trustees for $65m First Guardian failures

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
ASIC has commenced civil penalty proceedings in the Federal Court against Equity Trustees Superannuation (ETSL), alleging failures in care, skill and diligence concerning the decision to allow members to invest in the First Guardian Master Fund. This ...

Emerging markets progress from consumption to innovation: Experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
Emerging markets offer compelling opportunities beyond the booming middle class-consumption narrative, according to investment specialists, who said the asset class has other significant growth opportunities, such as innovation, despite political and ...

CFS plots 'largest' retirement product expansion with new alliance

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... journey by providing the most comprehensive whole-of-life offering in the market," Power said. "By bringing together best-in-class global investment capability, local market-leading lifetime income expertise and tax-effective structures, this integrated ...

Buyer beware: Private credit as a defensive play

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... client objectives. "Once you deal with that question, then you have to say, how do I get it? Historically, this was an asset class available only to very large institutional investors. "It is important not to start with, how do I get it? It's what ...

Emerging markets a 'reasonable' opportunity: Colchester

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... reasonable returns to investors. Speaking at the Financial Standard Advisers Big Day Out (ABDO) in Sydney, Simpson said the asset class has attractive valuations and has been a good income generator for underlying clients. Simpson added the fund manager ...

Investor demand for infrastructure asset mandates intensifies: bfinance

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... Intelligence and Market Trends Report, institutional investors are displaying more appetite for infrastructure, with the asset class accounting more than a quarter (27%) of private market mandates, compared to only 13% on the previous corresponding period. ...