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Budget boosts fuel security, misses clean energy opportunities

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026
... mining and processing through our Critical Minerals Strategic Reserve, and investments in domestic smelting and manufacturing," he said. Reacting to the global oil shock sparked by the ongoing Israel-US war on Iran, Chalmers will use Export Finance Australia's ...

FEATURE: Fixed income | Adjusting the lens

PENNY PRYOR  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
... if supply chain disruptions begin to ripple through to restricted availability of refined fuels and/or other key manufacturing items critical to global production," QIC head of liquid markets Beverley Morris 04 says. "We believe that financial markets ...

Betashares debuts Australia's first space ETF

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2026
... including satellite communications, connectivity and data services, rocket launch, and space infrastructure and manufacturing. Betashares expects to include companies such as Rocket Lab, AST SpaceMobile, EchoStar, Planet Labs and Firefly Aerospace. It ...

Government rolls out relief via National Reconstruction Fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2026
... loans open today. Meanwhile, originally on track to open mid-year, the Net Zero Fund will open sooner to support new manufacturing investment and improvement of energy efficiency in hard-to-abate sectors, the government confirmed. This includes scaling ...

FEATURE: Private equity | Time to deploy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
... sectors that saw the most PE investment globally in 2025 were technology, media and telecommunications, industrial manufacturing, and energy and natural resources. "While the uptick in investment was positive, ongoing global geopolitical uncertainties ...

FEATURE: Global equities | Triaging tech's second act

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026
... power vast data centres. Above that sit chip designers and manufacturers, including Nvidia and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), who design and produce the advanced processors that train and run AI models. The next layer is infrastructure ...

Albanese stresses importance of 'economic sovereignty'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2026
... exposed to this global shock." Albanese laid blame on pervious governments for cutting TAFE training, pressuring manufacturing and industry to go offshore, and putting multinational firms ahead of Australian gas users. Albanese accused former governments ...

Vanguard launches four new funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
... funds will have exposure to leading technology companies such as NVIDIA, Apple, Microsoft, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company and ASML Holding. The new international high-yield funds will track the FTSE All-World ex Australia High Dividend Yield ...

Severe underperformance sees Polen Capital funds wound up

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
... inflection points in a company's fundamentals. Its top holdings included BWX Technologies, Seiko Group, Modine Manufacturing and Zegona Communications. At February end it had $17.6 million in funds under management. Since its inception, it returned ...

S64, Ardian partner to launch new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026
... distribute private markets and listed alternatives opportunities to wholesale and advised retail clients through product manufacturing solutions and end-to-end digital lifecycle management. "Ardian's Access Infrastructure strategy enables private wealth ...