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SILC partners with Totality to give clients brokage access

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2026
Wholesale trustee The SILC Group (SILC) has partnered with brokerage firm Totality to provide its equity fund manager clients with access to institutional-grade prime brokerage services.

Janus Henderson launches global equities active ETF

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2026
Janus Henderson Investors has launched a global equities strategy designed to combine a broad market exposure with research-driven stock selection.

First Sentier lists active ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2026
First Sentier has made the First Sentier Global Listed Infrastructure Fund (Hedged) Active ETF available to Australian advisers and investors.

Longwave brings small-cap strategy to ASX

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2026
Longwave Capital Partners has launched an actively managed exchange traded fund on the ASX, giving investors listed access to its Australian small-cap strategy as the boutique targets opportunities beyond the large-cap market.

OKX Australia launches perps for pre-IPO opportunities

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2026
OKX Australia has launched a perpetual contract, also known as perps, to provide exposure of private companies before they undergo a potential initial public offering (IPO).

ETF assets hit $388bn as inflows near $7bn

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2026
Australia's exchange-traded fund (ETF) industry attracted $6.9 billion in net inflows during September, taking total assets under management to a record $388 billion as investors continue to favour index-based strategies, international equities and fixed ...

L1 Group sells Platinum's responsible entity to Equity Trustees

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2026
L1 Group has offloaded Platinum Investment Management Limited (PIML) to Equity Trustees (EQT), handing over the responsible entity (RE) role for the Platinum funds while keeping investment management in-house.

Natixis IM secures Singapore equity market mandate

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2026
Natixis Investment Managers (Natixis IM) has been appointed by Singapore's central bank under a $7.3 billion (S$6.5bn) programme aimed at deepening the country's equities market and attracting broader investor participation.

IFM looks offshore for renewable lending opportunities

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2026
Australia is losing out to the global market and increasingly to Asia when it comes to renewables lending from one of the country's biggest fund managers, with IFM Investors executive director and co-head of APAC diversified credit Hiran Wanigasekera ...

GQG records further outflows despite positive returns

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2026
GQG Partners recorded net outflows of $3.3 billion (US$2.3bn) in September, extending a difficult year for the ASX-listed fund manager despite positive investment performance across its four primary strategies.