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ASIC cancels AFSL of Qld securities dealer

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2026
ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) of Pulse Markets, a wholly owned subsidiary of BIR Financial, for providing incompetent financial services, including inadequate supervision of its corporate authorised representatives ...

Institutional investors' risk appetite trends down: State Street

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
... is also extended in the Australian dollar and New Zealand dollar," he said. The findings also examined institutional investor sentiment towards regional equity markets, including China, South Korea and Taiwan. Evans said: "Despite a continued strong ...

Federated Hermes enters local wholesale market

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2026
Marking its entry into the Australian wholesale investor market, Federated Hermes has launched a global trade finance fund. As a feeder fund, it invests in an AUD-denominated share class of the Federated Hermes Project and Trade Finance Master Fund ...

KKR to acquire Arctos Partners

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
KKR will acquire Arctos Partners, the largest institutional investor in professional sports franchises, and a provider of asset management solutions for sponsors. The transaction is valued at US$1.4 billion. An additional US$550 million in future equity ...

Rapid AI adoption leads to heightened private market engagement: Nuveen

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026
... including data centre buildouts powering AI growth, a survey found. Nuveen's annual EQuilibrium Global Institutional Investor Survey 2026 - now in its sixth year of running and surveying some 800 institutions across 30 countries - demonstrates how institutional ...

Multi-boutique expands to Australia, seeks partners

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2026
Multi-boutique Fairlight Capital Partners is expanding in Australia and is on the lookout for strategies it can introduce to its global network of family offices and institutional investors. Founded in 2018 by Thomas Gent, Charles Bamford and Alexander ...

Federated Hermes expands Asia presence

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2026
Federated Hermes has announced its plans to open shop in Hong Kong to capitalise on Asia's "rapidly growing" wealth market. The announcement follows the appointment of its global fixed income chief investment officer earlier this month to succeed Robert ...

Super funds, instos shun ETFs, retail dominance prevails

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... use futures," he said. In a previous role, Tuckwell recalls a dialogue with a decision maker from a major institutional investor about investing in a certain gold ETF. "He told me that buying gold futures means not having to pay a management fee, whereas ...

Sovereign funds, instos raise $217m for Qld space tech developer

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
A group of institutional investors, including various super funds, and the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation (NRFC), Australia's sovereign investor in manufacturing capability, have formed a conglomerate to raise more than $217 million for ...

Active fund managers endure fee pressures, dominate mandates: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
Active fund managers continue to face fee pressures but still ensnare a large chunk of major mandates, a new study from institutional investment consulting firm Callan shows. San Francisco-based Callan's 2025 Investment Management Fee Study drew on ...