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No room for a neutral stance in 2026: BlackRock

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
... investors should focus less on spreading risk indiscriminately and more on deliberately selecting exposures in private markets and hedge funds, the report stated. "Attempts to diversify away from the US or AI [...] amount to larger active calls than ...

Most read in 2025: Executive appointments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 DEC 2025
... out to other executives. AustralianSuper axes mid risk role AustralianSuper nixed several executive roles in its private markets team as it shifted towards external managers. The cuts were focused on the fund's mid risk business, which invests in ...

Drummond Capital broadens access to private markets offering

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2025
Drummond Capital Partners has expanded its private markets offering to retail investors, available on BT Panorama through IDPS and superannuation. The firm has also launched a new private income portfolio designed to support retirement income. The Drummond ...

Investment managers enter 'paradox' in 2026: Deloitte

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2025
... forces are blurring the lines between not only active and passive management, but also those dividing public and private markets. As a result, the emergence of active exchange-traded funds (ETFs), hybrid products and industry convergence suggests a fundamental ...

Rest exits co-investment with Motive Partners

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
... superannuation fund, the transaction represents its first private equity co-investment exit. Rest's interim head of private markets Marina Pasika described the exit as a critical evolution of the fund's private equity program. "This is a key moment for ...

ASIC welcomes support for simplifying guidance on conflicts of interest

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... interest for Australian financial services licence (AFSL) holders, with the changes informed by its surveillance of private markets. The updated Regulatory Guide 181 AFS Licensing: Managing Conflicts of Interest (RG 181) aims to help licensees fulfil ...

Natixis bolsters distribution leadership

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
... time, Shelest accumulated a wealth of investment expertise and increased consultant coverage across public and private markets, Natixis said. This appointment follows broader momentum towards growth for Natixis' in Australia, it said. The company continues ...

FEATURE: Private credit | At the precipice

GLENDA KORPORAAL  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... credit market. "There are a number of secular growth drivers, with wealth channels increasing their allocation to private markets and also a great deal of investment need from the private sector (e.g. AI investment, green transition, military spend in ...

Super moves: AustralianSuper, UniSuper, Team Super, CFS, TAL

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... time to be joining the business, with ambitious growth plans for the future," he said. Meanwhile, Max Finkel, a private markets analyst at UniSuper, has joined industry fund-owned IFM Investors as a fund analyst in the property team. In the new role ...

Russell Investments wins two mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
... today's and tomorrow's ratepayers," he said. Russell Investments and Invest Blue recently launched the Cornerstone Private Markets Managed Portfolio, offering advised clients exposure to private assets. The Cornerstone Private Markets Managed Portfolio ...