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QIC faces heat over aviation firefighting asset privatisation

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
QIC is facing pressure from the United Firefighters Union of Australia Aviation Branch (UFUAV) over its involvement in a deal that could effectively privatise part of Australia's Aviation Rescue Fire Fighting Service (ARFFS). The ARFFS is owned ...

Cboe offloads local exchange to Canadian giant

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2026
Cboe will sell its Australian and Canadian stock exchanges to TMX Group, an operator of major exchanges including the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), for US$300 million ($419m). Cboe Global Markets, the parent company of Cboe Australia, announced its ...

EQT raises $21.8bn for Asia Pacific private equity fund

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2026
EQT has raised US$15.6 billion ($21.8bn) for its BPEA Private Equity Fund IX, making it the largest ever dedicated Asia Pacific private equity fund raise to date. The investment giant said the fund will target businesses with resilient fundamentals ...

Pacific Equity Partners adds four to local team

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2026
Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) has welcomed an associate director, two associates and an analyst to its Sydney team. The private equity giant has welcomed Luke Porter as associate director within the PEP Gateway team. He joins from Carlyle Group where ...

CFS awards $370m mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
Colonial First State (CFS) awarded a $370 million mandate to New Zealand-based infrastructure manager Morrison to tap its global private markets strategy. CFS has already made commitments to Morrison's value-add strategy across fund and discretionary ...

FEATURE: Global equities | Triaging tech's second act

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026
"I think the odds are on our side." That was the message from Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei at the World Economic Forum in Davos, as the race for global dominance in artificial intelligence (AI) gains historic pace. Anthropic is building the ...

Yarra hunts for superior returns outside ASX giants

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
The 280 companies on the ASX 300 beyond the top 20 blue chip names can offer investors superior risk-adjusted returns, Yarra Capital Management chair and head of Australian equities Dion Hershan said. Speaking at the Financial Standard Advisers Big ...

Fink doubles down on private markets ambitions

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink is doubling down on private markets' golden run, predicting the fund manager will raise US$400 billion of these assets by 2030. BlackRock aims to tap investments in infrastructure, private credit and alternatives ...

Vanguard pays $40m in ESG antitrust lawsuit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2026
Vanguard will pay more than $40 million to settle a lawsuit brought by 13 Republican states that claimed it, along with BlackRock and State Street, sought to damage the US coal industry through climate activism. The case was brought in late 2024 by ...

Super moves: Mercer, AusSuper, Future Fund, VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
Padraig Brown has left Mercer after more than 14 years, ending his stint as New Zealand chief investment officer. He is joining NZX-listed Precinct Properties, the country's largest commercial property owner, worth about $3.4 billion. At NZX-listed ...