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FEATURE: Fixed income | Adjusting the lens

PENNY PRYOR  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
... says. AI disruption is still very real, especially in light of some of the changes in how companies in the sector are raising funds. The hyperscalers like Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet and Oracle have been moving from financing via cash and/or equity to ...

AustralianSuper ups Syrah stake to 49.6%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2026
... $61 million, and together with the institutional component, raised a total of $104 million. As a result of the equity raising, the conversion price of AustralianSuper's Series 4, 5 and 6 convertible notes was adjusted from $1.3686 to $1.1312. Syrah said ...

GCI Funds raises $125m for second strategic capital fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2026
... $125 million for the launch of its second fund in its strategic capital series - the Strategic Capital Fund 2 - after raising $100 million for the first product in December 2024. The new fund leverages GCI's strategic capital strategy to provide bespoke ...

Prime Super tweaks fees across offerings

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2026
... will also be charged 0.25% of their account balance per annum, a drop from the current rate of 0.33%. Prime Super is also raising its estimated investment fees and costs from June 1. The MySuper/Balanced, Managed Growth, Alternatives, Conservative and ...

Another RBA hike in May 'not a done deal'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2026
... hike at the next policy meeting in May is not a done deal." Bassanese added that it reflects the tensions associated with raising rates in the face of a global energy price shock. "This shock both puts upward pressure on inflation and poses downside ...

Massive Acenda job cuts ire former staff

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2026
... The FSU stated most of the redundancies "appear to have affected workers from the MLC Life side of the merged business, raising concerns among staff about how the integration is being managed." "Workers say anxiety is growing inside the company as rumours ...

Colter Bay Capital opens doors, launches private credit fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2026
Already raising $100 million for its flagship fund, private credit firm Colter Bay Capital has launched with backing from a Swiss family office and fixed income fund manager. Colter Bay Capital aims to fill the corporate funding gap in Australia's lower ...

ASX loses $100bn as Iran war escalates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026
... trades in things like gold and materials have slumped the most, which he said suggests investors are "hunkering down and raising cash". "I suspect the resilience of the Iranian regime in the face of heavy attacks has surprised the US, but whether it ...

Schroders nabs Oaktree exec to lead Asia sales

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
... infrastructure debt and insurance-linked securities. She brings 17 years of experience in consulting, investment and capital raising in private markets. Eight of those years were at Oaktree Capital, where she helped build the firm's Asia franchise ...

Governance issues on the rise: ASIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2026
... the six months from 1 July 2025 to 31 December 2025, the corporate watchdog received 9686 reports of misconduct (ROMs), raising 13,036 issues, new data from ASIC shows. ASIC said the increase in ROMs was driven largely by corporate governance concerns ...