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UniSuper helps raise $30m for PlasmaLeap

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026
... co-founder Frere Byrne said: "This funding allows us to move from successful trials into real-world deployment, demonstrating how clean, decentralised fertiliser and chemical production can transform agriculture, reduce emissions and guarantee sovereign ...

Aged care misinformation poses opportunity for advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
Financial advisers can bridge the gap in aged care advice, according to an expert, who says that too many elderly people are suffering from the confusion and misinformation surrounding the new aged care reforms. Louise Biti, director of Aged Care Steps ...

QIC partners with Wollemi Capital in new $80m investment

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
... new baseload generation to the energy market." Construction for the facility will begin in February 2026, with the first clean energy scheduled to flow from mid-2027. At full capacity it can power up to 31,000 homes and abate up to 430,000 tonnes of ...

KKR splashes $603m on HMC platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
Global private equity firm KKR is injecting $603 million into HMC's Energy Transition Platform, marking its second climate-related investment in Australia. The commitment will last seven years and is expected to generate a 14% p.a. return. It will be ...

Rapid AI adoption leads to heightened private market engagement: Nuveen

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026
... said this translates into concrete investment opportunities in private markets, specifically data centre infrastructure and clean energy. Over the next five years, about eight in 10 (81%) plan to increase allocations to private markets, with more than ...

Super moves: ART, Allianz, HESTA, AusSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
... capacity, she led the German lender's sustainable finance activities across private and public markets, with a focus on clean energy infrastructure, carbon markets and impact finance. She was also responsible for embedding ESG across the bank's ...

Alexis George to retire, new AMP chief named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
Alexis George is stepping down at AMP, with chief financial officer Blair Vernon named as her successor. George will retire from executive roles on March 30, bringing to an end more than 30 years in financial services. George joined AMP in August 2021 ...

I Squared Capital rolls out $300m sustainable energy solution

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2026
... Squared Capital (I Squared) launched a next-generation independent power producer (IPP), ANZA Power. Combining diversified clean energy sources, including renewables, batteries and natural gas, ANZA Power delivers reliable, sustainable energy solutions ...

Global X reveals 2025 top performing ETF asset classes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
... merger and acquisition activity across the sector supported higher valuations, along with copper's essential role in the clean energy transition," he said. "Copper climbed to a fresh record high in December, breaking past the US$12,000 per tonne mark ...

Productivity Commission makes 47 recommendations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025
The government released the final reports of the Productivity Commission's five pillars of productivity inquiries - containing 47 recommendations to support productivity growth across five key areas of the economy. "Australia's productivity ...