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DWS appoints Australian real estate head, steps up living sector push

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2026
... manager at The Living Company, recently re-branded from Scape Australia. Prior to that he served as the director of housing for Asia Pacific region at Nuveen. "With Ben's appointment, DWS Real Estate is well-positioned to deliver on key initiatives ...

Impact Alpha Partners boosts team ahead of new strategy launch

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026
... expand distribution. With 45 years in financial services, Lambert was formerly chief executive and board director at UBS for Asia Pacific and held senior investment banking roles at Merrill Lynch across London, Singapore, and Hong Kong, and at Lehman ...

Institutional investors' risk appetite trends down: State Street

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
... 2007, while allocations to bonds and cash decreased further to their lowest since August 2008. State Street Markets head of Asia Pacific (APAC) macro strategy Dwyfor Evans said: "The equity-bond allocation divergence continues apace." "The USD remained ...

Federated Hermes enters local wholesale market

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2026
... itself as a major player in the segment. This year has seen Federated Hermes also announce plans to expand its presence in Asia, with plans to open a Hong Kong office to capitalise on wealth and retail distribution segment opportunities.

KKR splashes $603m on HMC platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
... the deal, KKR and HMC will have joint control of the platform. KKR partner and head of the climate transition strategy for Asia Pacific Neil Arora said as renewable generation in Australia continues to expand, the country's energy system is at a pivotal ...

Macquarie AM to acquire Last Mile Infrastructure and Energy Assets Group

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
... developer-operator Eku Energy. 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 ...

Future Group rejigs investment team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026
... superannuation role. Before joining Betashares, Choo spent 12 years at Russell Investments, most recently as head of multi-asset, Asia Pacific, where he was responsible for the firm's Australian superannuation fund and other multi-asset strategies. ...

Betashares, VanEck add to product lineups

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026
... ASX tomorrow, the VanEck Cash Plus Active ETF (ASX: MONY). Arian Neiron, chief executive and managing director of VanEck Asia Pacific, said: "MONY complements our ETF eco-system, in offering leading strategies in fixed income, equity and alternative ...

ASX partners with Bloomberg on credit futures product

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026
... continues to provide innovative solutions. "ASX runs the world's fourth-largest interest rate derivatives market and leads the Asia Pacific region, providing global access to deep futures liquidity across major trading hours," McGregor said. "The ASX-Bloomberg ...

IFM Investors hires global investment research lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2026
... the group's portfolio construction framework. He has also previously served as head of investment strategy, Australia and Asia Pacific. "Jeff has been a contributor and early adopter of the Total Portfolio Approach (TPA), including its application in ...