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NZ Super continues to build investment team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026
... that expertise and the partnerships we have built up in our home market." "Real assets covers everything from our agriculture and horticulture investments in New Zealand and Australia, through renewable energy projects in the US and Europe, to the various ...

UniSuper helps raise $30m for PlasmaLeap

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026
... into real-world deployment, demonstrating how clean, decentralised fertiliser and chemical production can transform agriculture, reduce emissions and guarantee sovereign security of critical resources like food and fuel." Funds will also be used to progress ...

Productivity slumps again, capital injection needed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
... growth per year and well below the 1.6% annual average increases between 1994-95 to 2003-04. At an industry level, agriculture, forestry and fishing led MFP growth at 10.4% over the last year. Mining saw its fifth consecutive year of declining MFP and ...

QIC partners with Wollemi Capital in new $80m investment

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
... shovel-ready climate infrastructure. "We're backing this because it's real, reliable and replicable - a model where agriculture and clean energy work together, underpinned by economics that stand up at scale," Bishop said.

Spain plans sovereign wealth fund launch

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
... wealth fund, which invests in various sectors like shipbuilding, energy, food distribution and the environment and agriculture. Spain received some €160 billion in EU pandemic recovery funds, split between grants and loans, which are due to expire ...

Geoeconomic conflicts, extreme weather threaten global stability: WEF

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2026
... developments and new innovations are driving opportunities, with vast potential benefits from health and education to agriculture and infrastructure, but also leading to new risks across domains, from labour markets to information integrity to autonomous ...

Big tech has "inconsequential" carbon emissions planning: Research

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
... existing solutions such as electrified transport, green ammonia and fertilisers, battery production, regenerative agriculture, renewable energy, and low-carbon construction materials. While high levels of spending on low-carbon technologies remain rare ...

Regal profit pushes to $145m on performance fee upgrades

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2026
... as a significant investor in South Australia, having invested more than $800 million across commercial real estate, agriculture and farmland, water, infrastructure and resources. Earlier last year it acquired Mayfair Hotel in Adelaide for $75 million ...

Centuria grows agriculture portfolio to $1.3bn with acquisition

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025
Centuria Capital Group has acquired agriculture real estate manager Arrow Funds Management, increasing its agriculture assets under management (AUM) to $1.3 billion. Centuria will take over Arrow's agricultural real estate fund, Arrow Primary Infrastructure ...

FEATURE | Agriculture: Golden soil

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
... Warakirri chief executive Jim McKay says. "We are seeing a realignment of where Australia's trade is going, and agriculture is an important part of that." Australia's crop production and livestock notably are poised to benefit substantially from ...