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RBA overlooked government spending in rate hike: Hearing

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
... in driving inflation and interest rate decisions. The grilling came off the back of the Monetary Policy Board upping the cash rate target by 25 basis points to 3.85% on Tuesday. At a hearing of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics ...

KKR splashes $603m on HMC platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
... scalable and high return on equity platforms. "KKR's capital will enable the platform to materially grow operating capacity, cash flow and progress the strategically valuable development pipeline. The investment enables HMC to optimise its balance sheet ...

Future Group rejigs investment team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026
... moved into the management team when the regional lender launched a suite of funds in 2006, including deep credit and enhanced cash strategies. Earlier in his career, he worked at JP Morgan as a senior financial data analyst, overseeing quantitative modelling ...

Betashares, VanEck add to product lineups

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026
Betashares has launched its second momentum ETF, while VanEck added its first cash offering. Betashares expanded its smart beta range this week with the addition of the Betashares Global Momentum ETF (ASX: GTUM), which it said will provide investors ...

ASX partners with Bloomberg on credit futures product

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026
... to Australian sovereign and credit fixed income markets, the ASX said. The contracts will have quarterly expiries and be cash-settled, similar in contract design to ASX's Treasury Bond Futures, it said. The collaboration follows record high interest ...

Pinnacle takes over Pacific Asset Management

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2026
... after it acquired its first stake in 2024. PAM's existing shareholders and management will receive about $237.8 million in cash and the equivalent value of $181 million in new ordinary Pinnacle shares. Founded in 2016, the London-based, growth-orientated ...

RBA lifts the cash rate for first time since 2023

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2026
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has lifted the official cash rate by 25 basis points to 3.85% at its board first meeting in 2026. The RBA had either cut or kept the cash rate on hold for the past 17 consecutive meetings. In announcing the decision ...

Brookfield to acquire Peakstone Realty Trust

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2026
... IOS while 16 are traditional industrial properties. Peakstone shareholders are set to receive US$21 per share in the all-cash transaction. The offer marks a 34% premium to Peakstone's share price on January 30. Peakstone chief executive Michael Escalante ...

Pacific Equity Partners acquires Spark data centres

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2026
... valuation represents a FY25 pro-forma EBITDA multiple of 30.8x, the firm said. Pacific Equity Partners has processed initial cash proceeds of $453 million, with additional deferred cash proceeds of up to $98 million contingent on the achievement of certain ...

ASX to spend $264m to modernise tech, uplift risk management

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
... $602.8 million in the same period. ASX said it generated revenue growth across all four businesses with strong volumes for cash market trading, clearing and settlement and interest rate futures during the period. "Our unaudited results show ASX has experienced ...