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Investors back active management

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2026
Australian investors are increasingly turning to active management and broader portfolio diversification as geopolitical uncertainty and market volatility reshape investment strategies according to new research from Schroders.

Atlas Arteria chair resigns as IFM offer deadline inches closer

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2026
Atlas Arteria independent non-executive chair Debbie Goodin will resign from her position, effective July 7.

Euroz Hartleys sells capital markets arm to Canada's BMO

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2026
Euroz Hartleys has sold its capital markets business to Canada's BMO Financial Group (BMO) for $145 million in an all-cash deal.

ETF adoption hits 'meaningful threshold' among SWFs

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2026
Nearly 40% of sovereign wealth funds have an allocation to ETFs, a new report from Invesco shows, underscoring their expanded roles among institutional investors as their rate of adoption hits a "meaningful threshold".

Mercer cuts mandates for Global Listed Property Fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2026
Mercer Investments Australia has again trimmed its fund manager line-up, this time making changes to its Global Listed Property Fund.

HMC Capital wins $1.3bn private credit insto mandate

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2026
HMC Capital has won two global institutional mandates of $1.35 billion for its private credit strategy in Australian commercial real estate (CRE) lending.

HMC, KKR tie up receives ACCC approval

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2026
The partnership between HMC Capital and KKR, in which the latter will commit $603 million, has been given the good to go by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

Corruption, governance risks: The cost of doing business in emerging markets?

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2026
Beyond a governance issue, corruption is a major deterrence to capital flows, undermines long-term development and carries crippling social costs. Seasoned investors, though, are quick to challenge the notion that corruption and governance risks are ...

Lendlease divests from UK build-to-rent asset

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2026
Lendlease has divested out of its build to rent (BTR) assets in the UK to Greystar.

Aware Super ups stake in retirement village asset

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2026
Aware Super has increased its ownership in Keyton, Australia's largest owner and operator of retirement villages, to 75% by acquiring Lendlease's interest of 25.1%.