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Super funds' external fund manager spend hits $2bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... investment fees paid out at $1.1 billion. Outsourced fixed income fund managers were paid $221.1 million while infrastructure specialists earned $176.1 million in FY25. Property fund managers received $45.3 million, while alternatives investors earned ...

No room for a neutral stance in 2026: BlackRock

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
... sheets," the report said. Based on current trends, BlackRock said that it sees opportunities in private credit and infrastructure supporting this financing. "Elevated debt and competing fiscal priorities [...] limit the public sector's role in financing ...

China's two speed economies: Which one wins?

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
... equities, and we see that risk tilted to more towards the upside," Lin said. While the old economy is driven by infrastructure, property and debt, Liu said the new economy is moving towards high-end manufacturing, technological advancement from semiconductors ...

Investors weigh risks amid Venezuelan crisis

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
... ore, bauxite and strategic minerals. However, years of sanctions, underinvestment and operational collapse left infrastructure across energy, power, transport and industry in disrepair. deVere Group chief executive Nigel Green said while the geopolitical ...

FEATURE | Recruitment: Laying foundations

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... growth. At the heart of these mergers lies the people steering these funds forward. The people behind the technology, infrastructure, distribution, and investments making decisions that impact the retirement outcomes for Australians. As funds consolidate ...

Global sovereign wealth fund assets grow to $15tn

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... said, remained digitalisation across asset classes as sovereign funds continued to allocate capital to digital infrastructure, data centers and AI companies. The US attracted high investor interest with 48% of the total investments in 2025 going to it. ...

AirTrunk plants second data centre in Victoria

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 DEC 2025
... than $7 billion, while further aligning with the government's National AI Plan to draw more investments into infrastructure and artificial intelligence (AI). It will also enable "smarter" government services, faster business innovation, and stronger ...

Most read in 2025: Executive appointments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 DEC 2025
... shifted towards external managers. The cuts were focused on the fund's mid risk business, which invests in infrastructure, property and private credit. Jessica Melville's role as head of mid risk portfolio strategy and research was one of the ...

CPP Investments, Goodman Group partner in $14bn data centre deal

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 23 DEC 2025
... projects provide speed to market with secured power connections, planning permits and substantially progressed site infrastructure works, enabling construction commencements by June 2026. "By combining Goodman's extensive development capabilities and ...

Productivity Commission makes 47 recommendations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025
... sector. It said taking a technology- and jurisdiction-neutral approach to the location of new generation and storage infrastructure in the National Electricity Market could save around $8 billion over the next 15 years, without compromising the achievement ...