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Super moves: HESTA, Nest, Resolution Life, NZ Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
HESTA's head of portfolio design, Dianne Sandoval, has been appointed chief investment officer of the US$74 billion Maryland State Retirement and Pension System. Sandoval brings more than 30 years' experience across pension and sovereign wealth ...

The shifting role of custodians in the financial ecosystem: ACSA

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
The Australian Custodial Services Association (ASCA) has released a white paper examining the changing role and expectations of custodians within the financial services ecosystem. The New Custodian: Platform, Pioneer, Partner is informed by senior ACSA ...

Wentworth launches private credit platform

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
Real estate private equity firm Wentworth has launched a private credit platform Wentworth Private Credit (WPC) in Australia and New Zealand. The new division will provide private credit loans to property owners and developers in underserved areas of ...

Benchmark report reveals crucial blind spots in whistleblower protections

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
... training to their staff, with more than half (58%) not seeking employee feedback on their whistleblower program in the past year. ASIC also observed large differences in substantiation rates and investigation timeframes between companies. In average ...

Record investment into AI forcing largest innovation buildout ever: BlackRock

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
... overweight in its current allocations. The 2026 Global Outlook Pushing Limits report outlined the mega forces moving into the new year, as it identifies that the AI buildout could be unprecedented in both speed and scale but some investors fear a bubble ...

Knight Frank launches private office in Australia

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
Knight Frank has launched a private office in Australia to provide property-related advice from acquisition and sales to investment strategy, across every real estate sector. Working exclusively with high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs), family offices ...

AustralianSuper expands international investment team

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
... platform will target investments in the UK living sector, looking to deploy funds at scale over the next 12 months. Last year, it said it will deploy more than $16 billion (£8bn) of new capital into the UK, including sectors like energy transition ...

Waning AI optimism, Fed rate cut driving US pullback: UniSuper

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
... going to be economic returns to all the capex investment in the sector. While Nvidia's revenue lifted more than 60% last year, beating investor expectations, the positivity hasn't been reflected in the share price. A lot of the big investors, including ...

ASIC strengthens codes of conduct guidance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
ASIC has refreshed its regulatory guidance on codes of conduct for the financial services sector, saying that they have an important role in how financial products and services are regulated. ASIC has updated Regulatory Guide 183 Codes of conduct for ...

Life insurers to up external fund manager mandates: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
A large proportion of investment teams within life insurance firms say they will increase their reliance on external fund managers over the next five years, a new survey finds. Funds management technology platform Clearwater Analytics canvassed 150 ...