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Kenya to establish sovereign wealth fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... be managed by the Kenya Sovereign Wealth Fund Board, headquartered in Nairobi. It will also look to appoint a chief executive who will be able to hold the role for a maximum of eight years. Kenya has had a severe public debt problem for some time, with ...

MLC sets sights on top super funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
MLC Super chief executive Dave Woodall said MLC hopes to have cracked the top three superannuation funds in terms of size as part of its 2030 strategy. Speaking at a client event this morning, Woodall said the transition back to the MLC brand was the ...

Government taps IFM, Plenary for Southeast Asia boost

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... public infrastructure projects across the region, including healthcare, education, and transport. Plenary Asia chief executive Chi-Ling Looi said the investment will further mobilise capital to support the delivery of "vitally needed" social and economic ...

Challenger, Iress partner for retirement income solution

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... selection, income stream calculations, strategy modelling, advice generation and the advice review processes. Iress chief executive - wealth APAC Kelli Willmer said the demand for retirement advice will grow as the number of Australians entering retirement ...

VanEck joins uranium rush with new ETF

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
... be listed on the ASX on October 30, taking VanEck's total number of ETFs on the ASX to 47. VanEck Asia Pacific chief executive and managing director Arian Neiron anticipates a long runway for the nuclear ecosystem as more countries come on board, existing ...

Russell Investments launches private markets offering

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
... institutional-grade opportunities - overcoming many of the traditional barriers faced by retail investors," he said. Ironbark chief executive, investment solutions Alex Donald added: "Private markets are increasingly being recognised by advisers as an ...

Shield, First Guardian fallout calls for tougher scrutiny on research houses, licensee governance

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... and governance, broadly for how a client's portfolio is managed," Akiki added. Meanwhile, FundMonitors.com chief executive Chris Gosselin said the role of research houses in the process must also be questioned in relation to the fallen schemes, arguing ...

APRA updates governance framework

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... proposals to ensure they don't impose undue regulatory constraint on boards. APRA said instead of a tenure limit for non-executive directors of 10 years with the possibility of a two-year extension, it now proposes a hard tenure limit of 12 years with ...

Strategic partnerships focus for global family businesses: Deloitte

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... key and, over time, if you do what you say you are going to do, you build a great relationship," said Gage Kent, chief executive of Kent Worldwide, a US business established in 1927. There are an estimated 18,087 family businesses globally with a revenue ...

Federated Hermes to acquire majority interest in FCP

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... operations in the UK, which consist of US$5.5 billion in assets under management. Federated Hermes president and chief executive J. Christopher Donahue said: "Upon closing, this transaction will allow Federated Hermes to enter the US real estate market ...