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Equity Trustees lands new mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
Equity Trustees (EQT) has been appointed Responsible Entity for the new River Capital High Conviction Fund. The fund, available to institutional and wholesale investors directly, and to retail investors via platforms, provides access to a focused portfolio ...

GBST aims to capitalise on innovation with new hire

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
... enterprise transformation. Most recently, he was the generative AI lead at Woolworths Group for more than four years. His mandate spans both internal and client-facing initiatives, with a dual focus on enhancing how GBST teams operate and embedding AI ...

GDG reports record FUM growth, eyes stronger second half

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2026
... GDG expects second half earnings to exceed HY26, with Evidentia expected to insert over $2 billion of FUM through its mandate transitions. GDG chief executive Grant Hackett described the half-year result as a "landmark period" for the group. "The transformational ...

Product showcase: Strength amid noise

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
... fundamentally more stable and less exposed to geopolitical disruption," he says. "And importantly, we've avoided any 'mandate creep'. The strategy today looks and behaves exactly as it did at launch." Since that time, he says there has been ...

AustralianSuper risk lead jumps to rival

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
Skye Stevenson, former head of investment compliance and operational risk at AustralianSuper, has left the $410 billion fund to join Rest Super in a newly created Sydney-based role. Rest Super has appointed Stevenson general manager, investment governance. ...

Super moves: Future Fund, NZ Super, Aware Super, VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... investor's most important decision. Qing's skills and experience will help us to construct the right portfolio to meet our mandate and continue to deliver strong returns for all New Zealanders over the long run," Goodwin said. "As a member of ...

ART taps ex-HESTA manager for opportunistic role

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... superannuation fund has appointed Michael Sommers as senior portfolio manager, opportunistic strategies. Sommers' mandate spans liquid alternatives across relative value, risk premia, and risk recycling, combining internal strategy development with ...

ASIC fines Fundhost for misleading fund performance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2026
... Capital, DMX Asset Management, Montaka Global Investments, Montgomery and Polen Capital. Fundhost awarded SS&C Technologies a mandate to support its fund services operations in June last year. As part of the arrangement, Fundhost leverages SS&C's ...

First half steady, net inflows positive for Fiducian

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2026
... were the Candriam Sustainable Global Equity Fund operated by Ausbil Investment Management, and an Australian ESG shares mandate operated by Solaris Investment Management. In 2021, the Solaris mandate was replaced by the Perpetual Wholesale Ethical SRI ...

Super moves: Top super funds lose key risk executives

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026
As regulators ramp up scrutiny of asset owners and managers, Australia's two largest super funds have seen high-profile governance and investment risk professionals quitting for new roles. Craig Roodt, AustralianSuper's governance lead for internal ...