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Macquarie AM splashes billions on Applied Digital Corporation

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
... Applied Digital as one of the fastest-growing HPC data-centre owners, operators and developers in the US," Cummins said. "At today's build costs, we will have a significant portion of the equity needed to construct over 2.0 gigawatts of HPC data-centre ...

SEC fines private equity firms for recordkeeping failures

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025
Blackstone, KKR, and Carlyle are among the private equity firms that will collectively pay the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) US$63.1 million for failing to keep appropriate communications records. They join a growing list of financial institutions ...

Research digs into HNW investment preferences

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025
... Praemium chief strategy officer Denis Orrock said advisers are slowly embracing new technologies for greater efficiency. "Today the Australian advice industry is dealing with strong demand, an undersupply of advisers, shifting regulation and onerous ...

AustralianSuper wins fund of the year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2025
... grown from managing $21 billion for 1.2 million members since its inception in 2006 to $355 billion for 3.4 million members today - primarily via organic growth. Although AustralianSuper has merged with IBM Super, AGEST, Club Super, and LUCRF Super ...

CC Capital Partners bids for Insignia

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2025
... $4.30 cash per Insignia share, which is a 7.5% premium to Bain Capital's offer of $4 received on December 12. Insignia today confirmed that the US investment firm made the offer on January 3. Insignia's board said it is now considering the indicative ...

Traders left scrambling over ASX settlement outage

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 23 DEC 2024
... "technical issue" on its CHESS Batch Settlement last Friday, forcing trade settlements on December 18 and 19 to be processed today. The ASX has since announced that clearing and settlements will process as "normal" at the open of trading this morning. ...

Schroders shutters local private debt arm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... first Australian private debt mandate in April 2022, being given $250 million from a large, unnamed industry super fund. Today, Schroders said the business has less than $100 million in funds under management. The decision to put a stop to its private ...

The productivity bubble has burst: Productivity Commission

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
The latest national account figures indicate that Australia's productivity growth remains in the doldrums, prompting the Productivity Commission to declare revitalising productivity growth as a national priority. September quarter figures showed ...

Cbus to play key role in new Bluey movie

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2024
... Bluey feature film, with the industry super fund a major backer of the movie's financier. Parents and children alike are today celebrating the news that the first animated feature film for Bluey is to be developed by BBC Studios and The Walt Disney ...

Bain Capital bids for Insignia Financial

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2024
... Bain Capital were interested buyers. Insignia said at the time it was not aware of any offers from private equity firms. Today, Insignia addressed the ASX to confirm that it has indeed received an offer following another AFR article published yesterday ...