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UN pension fund confirms leadership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2026
The United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund has a new lead. Robert van der Zee was permanently appointed by the United Nations Secretary General to oversee the pension fund as Representative of the Secretary General for the investment of the fund's ...

Commonwealth Super Corp to consolidate legacy IT systems

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2026
... Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC) is undergoing its biggest technology transformation in about a decade, with the fund focused on automation and improved system integration. CSC will consolidate its legacy systems to improve member experience ...

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 ...

Debby Blakey steps down as HESTA chief

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2026
... executive of HESTA in the second half of this year. The HESTA board said she will leave an enduring legacy, having guided the fund beyond $100 billion during more than a decade of leadership. Blakey has been with the fund for more than 17 years, including ...

Government to ask super funds to invest in defence infrastructure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
The federal government has endorsed a recommendation that the Department of Defence establish a dedicated division to deal with private investors to drive the delivery of infrastructure projects. The recommendation was made as part of a review of the ...

ASIC bans adviser who stole from super accounts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
... on the basis that he complies with a good behaviour bond for five years, pay a $20,000 fine, and make reparations to Oasis Fund Management. Interestingly, in 2019 Valvo appeared on an episode of A Current Affair claiming that he himself had been the ...

KKR splashes $603m on HMC platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
... Energy Transition Platform comprising an initial $355 million tranche at financial close. The next tranche's $248 million will fund 90% of the equity component of construction costs of the platform's first battery energy storage system (BESS) development ...

Macquarie AM to acquire Last Mile Infrastructure and Energy Assets Group

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
... The deals follow MAM's exit from DIG Airgas, which it sold to Air Liquide on behalf of the Macquarie Asia Infrastructure Fund 2 (MAIF2). In 2020, MAM acquired DIG Airgas to strengthen the company's long-term value in South Korea's industrial gas market. ...

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
... revamp, Ed Tomlinson will move from chief investment officer to chief investment strategist, where he will lead whole-of-fund investment and risk positioning. Before his three years as investment chief at Future Group, Tomlinson spent six years at Aon ...