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IFM Investors, UK government seal $19bn investment pact

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2023
... (MoU) with the UK government yesterday, formalising a $19 billion investment commitment for large-scale infrastructure and energy transition projects intended to be deployed by 2027. The MoU, which was signed at the Global Investment Summit, marks a ...

Aware Super commits $10bn investment from new London base

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023
... investments from its London headquarters into sectors like real estate, infrastructure, and private equity, focusing on the energy transition, affordable housing, life sciences, technology, and digital infrastructure. "We are thrilled to announce our ...

AustralianSuper slams Brookfield's Origin Energy bid

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2023
AustralianSuper has savaged Brookfield and EIG's eleventh-hour bid to acquire Origin Energy, emphatically asserting its intention to oppose a "low-ball" offer for the ASX-listed generator and retailer. The consortiums revised proposal under the ...

Inflation problem is homegrown: Bullock

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2023
... against a backdrop of rising labour costs, weak productivity growth, and the prices of domestic non-labour costs such as energy, business rents and insurance increasing. Bullock reinforced findings that the "homegrown" or demand side is fast driving ...

Super Members Council names chief executive

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023
... gravitas Schubert will bring to the role as chief executive will help SMC achieve those goals," Roxon said. "She will bring energy and perspective to this important work, just at the right time." Schubert will be based in Canberra with a "regular presence" ...

Interest rate hikes are working: Bullock

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023
... to bed the current perception that inflation is only being driven by the supply side - such as the prices of petrol and energy and rent. "[There is] actually an underlying demand component to it. That's what the central banks are trying to get on ...

Institutional investor tips $30m into new Mantis offer

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023
... Magnetar Relative Value Unit Trust will employ various alternative credit and fixed income, systematic investing, healthcare, energy, and infrastructure strategies. It's first investor is an unnamed Australian institution. Mantis said the strategy will ...

Uniseed partners with major Aussie universities

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2023
... support innovative developments in future industries such as biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, quantum computing, and green energy. Additionally, Uniseed said the move, which increases the number of research partners in the fund to 10, broadens its investible ...

APAC looks to data-driven future: State Street

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2023
... foresee data usage percolating across functions including IT/infrastructure and sales and marketing. "There's a lot of energy and drive around data-driven innovation in APAC," State Street country head Australia Tim Helyar told Financial Standard. "When ...

Aussie banks deliver record profits in FY23

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2023
... dominate the short-medium term outlook as banks remain focused on the horizon and as longer-term transitions in the economy, energy, fiscal spending, and technology take place. Firstly, it predicted a squeeze on the core and flagged continued competitive ...