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Temasek joins consortium to acquire Clearwater Analytics

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
Temasek has joined a private equity consortium that will acquire Clearwater Analytics for US$8.4 billion ($12.5bn). The consortium led by private equity firms Permira and Warburg Pincus is offering US$24.55 per share for the NYSE-listed software company ...

Australians fearful of getting their investments wrong: CFS

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
New research highlights the investment sentiment among everyday Australians continues to rise but hesitancy is gating them from investing. New findings from Colonial First State's (CFS) latest research, based on a national survey of 2250 Australians ...

Retail investors cautiously confident in 2026: ASA

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... disclosure quality are also among the key issues for 2026; as well as, commodity price volatility and sector themes, and AI and tech cycle risk. The survey identified that investors are reflecting on lessons learned by 2025, emphasising comprehensive ...

FEATURE | Recruitment: Laying foundations

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... permanent recruitment tends to slow, especially in non-core roles, as organisations try to stabilise and absorb change. Stacking tech The biggest challenge when two funds merge? Making the different technology systems of the funds talk to one another. ...

ASIC sues BDO Audit for misleading statements

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... take reasonable steps to ensure reports were factually accurate for an ASX-listed entity. BDO was the auditor of ASX-listed tech company Dubber Corporation, the holding company of a group of companies including Dubber. Just was the lead auditor at the ...

AirTrunk plants second data centre in Victoria

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 DEC 2025
AirTrunk has acquired a new site in Melbourne's north-west for its second data centre campus in the city, to be known as MEL2. The new campus lifts AirTrunk's total planned investment in Victoria to more than $7 billion, while further aligning ...

An outlook for fixed income allocations in 2026

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 23 DEC 2025
... of supply chains and global trade patterns," she said. "We have been seeking to rotate and diversify away from US mega-cap tech given valuation concerns and concentration risk. Emerging markets also offer relative strength, in particular regions with ...

Janus Henderson acquired for $11bn, set to go private

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 23 DEC 2025
Janus Henderson is being acquired for $11.1 billion (US$7.4bn) and will be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) following the completion of the transaction. New York-based Trian Fund Management and venture capital firm General Catalyst Group ...

Productivity Commission makes 47 recommendations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025
The government released the final reports of the Productivity Commission's five pillars of productivity inquiries - containing 47 recommendations to support productivity growth across five key areas of the economy. "Australia's productivity ...

Change in AI sentiment, credit events could 'derail activity': AustralianSuper

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025
... as a bubble for now, as technology returns remain strong and valuations are not extreme by the standard of 1990s bubble. "Tech companies have started to issue debt to finance their capex expansions, but the levels are very low for most companies relative ...