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Unit pricing errors hit two Mercer funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
... million Australian Shares Plus Fund due to its "subscale size" on May 7. The fund was incepted in 2005 and returned 7.6% p.a. Early this year, Mercer severed ties with several fund managers overseeing its international shares strategies following a strategic ...

Magellan shareholders say yes to Barrenjoey takeover

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2026
... have approved the takeover of Barrenjoey at an implied valuation of $1.6 billion. Magellan first announced the merger in early March, noting Brian Benari will become the group chief executive under the new entity. Sophia Rahmani will continue as chief ...

Blackstone acquires stake in Quinbrook's data centre development arm

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2026
... hyperscale operators' urgent need for more compute capacity at scale," Scaysbrook said. Quinbrook established Rowan as an early mover in gaining access to power, which would drive global data center development. "This power focus leverages Quinbrook's ...

Charter Hall secures $1.2bn mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2026
... offer for Hotel Property Investments (HPI), and after a hostile bidding process Charter Hall and Hostplus took over HPI in early 2025 for around $760 million. In June last year Charter Hall received a $2.1 billion mandate from Challenger Life to manage ...

FEATURE: Global equities | Triaging tech's second act

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026
... This is also not the first time markets have priced a technological revolution at speed. During the dot-com bubble in the early 2000s, valuations plunged and many companies once hailed as the future of the internet disappeared. Some, such as Amazon and ...

Treasury proposes lead generator, super switching reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026
... and this is dependent on the facts and circumstances of the individual case. Lead generation activities that occur at the early stages of consumer engagement, such as ones related to superannuation, may not be captured by these protections where the ...

Orbis appoints ex-Antipodes Partners investment director

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2026
... construction and client services. Prior to Antipodes, she was deputy portfolio manager at Kingfisher Investments in Singapore and early in her career, a senior investment analyst at Platinum Asset Management, covering Asian equity markets. Globally ...

Digital assets framework bill passes, paves the way for consumer confidence

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2026
... "Effective custody is the backbone of a mature digital asset ecosystem. As the regulatory regime goes live, firms that invest early in compliant custody infrastructure and governance will be best placed to meet expectations and support the sector's ...

ASX is 'compromised' and 'lacks aspiration': Final report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2026
... added: "What sets this Inquiry apart is that, alongside the release of the Final Report, there is already an update on ASX's early progress, and the concrete steps taken to meet its agreed commitments." "ASIC determined early intervention was necessary ...

FEATURE: Estate planning | Best laid plans

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2026
... coming. "Where does innovation come from? In the future, innovation is going to be technology related, which we got started on early. It'll be in the underlying products, and it'll be in acknowledging that once you've got enough volume you ...