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AustralianSuper backs BlueScope rejecting $13bn bid

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
... late 2024 for $27.5 per share and $29 per share. In both proposals, Steel Dynamics would have acquired BlueScope's North American businesses. In early 2025, Steel Dynamics tried again, offering to acquire all of BlueScope, retain its North American operations ...

Ares Management promotes private equity lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
... Sydney and Boston private equity teams. His time was spent roughly split between Asia Pacific private equity and North American transactions. Earlier in his career, he was an analyst at Goldman Sachs and Lazard Australia. Alongside private equity, Ares ...

Trump plans to ban large investors from buying homes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
... asking Congress to codify the measure. "For a very long time, buying and owning a home was considered the pinnacle of the American Dream. It was the reward for working hard and doing the right thing... People live in homes, not corporations," he wrote. ...

Investors weigh risks amid Venezuelan crisis

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
... said while the geopolitical risks are obvious, there are also opportunities for investors, especially given the South American nation has been cut off from global markets for around a decade. "Markets respond when isolation gives way to access. Venezuela ...

Australia's 'Super 6' embrace total portfolio approach: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
... with US$1.6 trillion, followed by China's SAFE Investment Company with US$1.4 trillion. The report said the established American Public Funds 7, Canada's Maple 8 and the Euro 9, together with the fast-developing Gulf 5 and Australian Super 6 clusters ...

Super moves: AustralianSuper,HESTA, Rest

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... New York, where she led AustralianSuper's US business. She relocated to the US in 2021 to establish the fund's American operations, positioning it as a leading global investment partner. "Over the years, I've been fortunate to learn, grow ...

Prime Super fined over tobacco exclusion claims

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... and June 2025 the fund was indirectly invested in six different tobacco manufacturers. They were Altria Group, British American Tobacco, Imperial Brands Finance, JT International Financial Services, Philip Morris International, and Reynolds American. ...

Super funds raise stakes in US investments to US$1.44tn

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
Superannuation funds are tipped to pour US$1.44 trillion into the US economy in 10 years' time - a whopping 44% jump from what the sector originally predicted. Embedded in the landmark critical minerals agreement forged between Prime Minister Anthony ...

Regal Partners makes two senior hires

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
Regal Partners is expanding its leadership bench with two strategic hires - a new strategy chief and a North American head. Ilana Stringer has joined the ASX-listed specialist alternative investment manager in the newly created role of head of strategy ...

Avantis Investors launches active ETFs in Australia

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2025
... local market, Avantis Investors has entered the ETF scene with three active offerings. Avantis Investors, a subsidiary of American Century Investments, has launched the Avantis Small Cap Value Active ETF (AVTS), Avantis Global Equity Active ETF (AVTG) ...