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Brookfield AM managing partner calls time

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2026
... role, overseeing Australia and east Asia, was taken over by Aditya Joshi, who was appointed head of Asia Pacific and Middle East private equity. Additionally, Shiv Gupta was appointed head of Australia private equity in March 2026. During the period ...

AI moves into the advice process

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2026
... with Forrester Consulting. The report surveyed 6247 digitally literate, credit active consumers across 13 Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) and Asia Pacific (APAC) markets and found large language models are emerging as a "decision support layer" ...

ECB hikes rates, economists expect RBA might be next

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2026
... 25 basis points to 2.5%, in a bid to stabilise inflation at its 2% target in the medium term, as conflicts in the Middle East continue to generate inflation pressures. This is the second rate hike from the ECB since the start of the Iran war. "The unanimous ...

HNWIs demand outperforming, mission-driven endowment funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2026
... disruptions stemming from US President Donald Trump's tariff wars, global trade tensions and escalating conflict in the Middle East involving the US, Israel and Iran. Despite the uncertainty, the fund is currently outperforming its long-term objective ...

SS&C wins mandate from Aussie boutique fund manager

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2026
... inaugural fund to market," SS&C Technologies head of global investor and distribution solutions across Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa Damien Barry said. "Australia is a key market for SS&C, with roughly 1600 staffers on the ground providing transfer ...

Australian economy growth 'stronger than expected'

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2026
... "particularly surprising" given a sharp fall in consumer and business sentiment. Bloxham said this was "in part due to the Middle East conflict, but also due to the RBA's three back-to-back rate hikes and the big tax shifts that were delivered in ...

RBA on hold but keeps door open for more hikes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2026
... be "heightened uncertainties" around the outlook for domestic economic activity and inflation. "Resolution of the Middle East conflict remains uncertain, and there are scenarios where inflation is higher and activity lower than forecast," it said. "A ...

A tough year for high-duration bond investors: Morningstar

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2026
... Central Bank also hiked by 0.25% per year to 2.25%, citing concerns around the energy shock driven by the war in the Middle East." He noted other categories, which tend to be less dependent on duration, have performed better from a "modest" decline in ...

I Squared acquires oOh!media following bidding war

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2026
... Transport and Urban Development (JOIN) to invest in infrastructure opportunities globally, including in the Asia Pacific, Middle East and Europe.

Middle East conflict, inflation continues to weigh on confidence

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2026
... ANZ economist Sophia Angala said the growth in consumer confidence was slightly affected by ongoing conflicts in the Middle East and untamed inflation. "ANZ-Roy Morgan Australian Consumer Confidence rose just 0.3 points last week. A jump in the 'time ...
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