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Boman Group scores licence to expand China investments

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2025
... financial bridge between Australia and China." Using the new licence, it plans to introduce around $200 million (RMB $1 billion) of overseas institutional capital in its initial phase. It said this capital will be directed to fast-growing Chinese companies ...

1659 First Guardian, Shield complaints reach AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... how many related to Shield and First Guardian individually. ASIC estimates that about 11,000 people who invested some $1 billion are impacted by the collapse of the two funds. The number of AFCA complaints grew by 100 from early November. At the time ...

VanEck launches fixed-rate subordinated debt ETF

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... Subordinated Debt ETF (FSUB) will complement VanEck's SUBD strategy first introduced in 2019. SUBD currently has a total of $3.17 billion in assets and holds a portfolio of floating-rate subordinated debt issued by Australia's largest banks. FSUB ...

Brookfield, GIC seal $4bn National Storage REIT acquisition

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... under which the two firms will acquire 100% of the self-storage provider. It puts NSR's equity value at approximately $4 billion with an enterprise value of $6.7 billion. NSR chair Anthony Keane said the decision follows extensive work by the board to ...

Pallas Capital plots WA expansion with two executive appointments

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... finance experience across Western Australia's commercial real estate (CRE) sector, having collectively funded over $2 billion in transactions. The move underscores the growing demand for alternative funding solutions in the state's CRE market and reinforces ...

Stafford Capital establishes $1.8bn forestry fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
Stafford Capital Partners has established a $1.8 billion (US$1.2bn) continuation vehicle, the Stafford International Timberland Continuation Fund. The continuation fund is a roll-up of three of Stafford's existing core timberland funds - Stafford International ...

Super moves: HESTA, Nest, Resolution Life, NZ Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
HESTA's head of portfolio design, Dianne Sandoval, has been appointed chief investment officer of the US$74 billion Maryland State Retirement and Pension System. Sandoval brings more than 30 years' experience across pension and sovereign wealth ...

REI Super names investment chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
... has significantly increased the percentage of funds where it directly appoints managers. Assets currently stand at $2.6 billion.

Record investment into AI forcing largest innovation buildout ever: BlackRock

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
... AI builders." The firm said if the tech sector grows its share of revenue from 25% to 35%, it will represent a US$400 billion boost. "We stay overweight US stocks and the AI theme, supported by robust earnings expectations. The capex may pay off overall ...

AustralianSuper expands international investment team

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
... performance of the super fund's international equity portfolio, which represents its largest asset allocation of $138 billion (£68bn) across listed equities. He joins after 18 years with Shell Asset Management's international equities team, where he ...