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UN pension fund confirms leadership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2026
... the United Nations Secretary General to oversee the pension fund as Representative of the Secretary General for the investment of the fund's assets, having served in an acting capacity since August 2025. He brings more than three decades' experience ...

Commonwealth Super Corp to consolidate legacy IT systems

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2026
... these accounts. The upgrade will restrict members from viewing their account balances and insurance dashboards, making investment switches, or tracking investment performance. Members will also not be able to lodge or update digital applications, including ...

Federated Hermes enters local wholesale market

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2026
... to building a stronger presence in the market." The launch advances Federated Hermes' ambitions of providing active investment strategies to local institutional investors and delivering stewardship services to Australia's major superannuation funds ...

Mulino acknowledges some regulation 'not thought through'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2026
... "Businesses are buckling under the weight of excessive compliance obligations, which are stifling innovation, deterring investment, and holding back economic growth. "We need clear acknowledgement from the government that red tape is a serious economic ...

Challenger-led consortium bids for Pepper Money

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2026
... interest in the acquiring entity that is at least equal to its current interest in Pepper Money," Challenger said. "An investment in Pepper Money would provide Challenger with strategic, long-term rights to access fixed income assets to support growth ...

Debby Blakey steps down as HESTA chief

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2026
... place for future growth, pointing to the new technology-led administration platform ready to be optimised and a scaled investment strategy that has close to 20% of the portfolio managed internally, making HESTA's internal team the fund's largest ...

Government to ask super funds to invest in defence infrastructure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
... by the government, is the suggestion to establish a dedicated function within the department to "work with private investment providers to identify suitable alternate finance and delivery options for future infrastructure investments." It said this could ...

RBA overlooked government spending in rate hike: Hearing

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
... explaining that aggregate demand in the economy is the combination of private sector demand, which is consumption, investment, and public demand across federal, state and local governments. However, on Tuesday, Kennedy pointed to Treasurer Jim Chalmers ...

KKR to acquire Arctos Partners

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
... that expands opportunities across the entire KKR ecosystem." Charles and O'Connor said: "KKR is a preeminent global investment firm and ideally positioned to help us achieve the vision we have for Arctos." "We see tremendous opportunity to better serve ...

KKR splashes $603m on HMC platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
... equity firm KKR is injecting $603 million into HMC's Energy Transition Platform, marking its second climate-related investment in Australia. The commitment will last seven years and is expected to generate a 14% p.a. return. It will be split via a preferred ...