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Inflation to peak in mid-2026 before it rebalances: RBA

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026
... centres as global companies expand infrastructure to meet the compute demand for AI expansion. "According to the latest capital expenditure survey and our liaison contacts, firms have recently upgraded their investment plans, especially in areas like ...

Zurich Financial Services to acquire ClearView

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026
... scheme enables ClearView Shareholders to realise full liquidity and certain value for their ClearView Shares." Crescent Capital Partners Management, which owns 53% of ClearView, said it intends to vote in favour of the scheme. At the end of FY25, the ...

Blue Owl sells US$1.4bn assets to pension funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026
... pension funds and insurance companies. The redemption includes US$600 million of direct lending investments from Blue Owl Capital Corporation II (OBDC II), and US$400 million from Blue Owl Technology Income Corp (OTIC). Another US$400 million came from ...

Product showcase: Strength amid noise

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
... focuses on, like always investing in high quality assets with a bias against borrowers in cyclical sectors or which are capital intensive, and diversification, with the portfolio consisting of 127 loans across 33 industries. "With no single borrower ...

Productivity slumps again, capital injection needed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
Multifactor productivity (MFP), the measure of how well labour and capital inputs are combined to produce outputs, declined over the 12 months to June 2025. MFP decreased by 0.5% over 2024-25, below the 20-year average of 0.4% growth per year and well ...

DigiCo REIT sees revenue lift

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
HMC Capital's real estate investment trust, the DigiCo REIT, reported underlying revenue up 12% to $108 million in the first half. Underlying EBITDA rose 15% to $57 million, with $658 million of available liquidity across cash and undrawn debt lines ...

QIC partners with Wollemi Capital in new $80m investment

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
QIC has partnered with Wollemi Capital, a climate specialist investment firm, to invest $80 million in Australia's first commercially scaled food waste to energy plant in Queensland. The Kalfresh Bioenergy Facility will be led by Queensland vegetable ...

Oaktree sales exec lands at Ares

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
Winnie Ramos, Oaktree Capital Management's local head of institutional sales, has joined Ares Management. A senior vice president at Oaktree, Ramos will serve as managing director and head of relationship management for Australia and New Zealand ...

Ex-Zenith partner joins private assets platform

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... than 25 years' experience at the intersection of advisers, consultants, and asset managers. He joins from Ascalon Capital Partners, where he was head of private markets for seven months helping the asset consultant set up that function. But Davis ...

Super moves: Future Fund, NZ Super, Aware Super, VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... under Mubadala since 2018. The Abu Dhabi theme continues this week with Australian Retirement Trust's former head of capital markets also moving to the Emirates. Herbert Chang has taken up the role of head of capital markets at the Abu Dhabi Pension ...