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Future Fund to back energy transition, residential housing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024
... mandate, with the government directing it to prioritise investments in the energy transition, residential housing, and infrastructure. The $230 billion sovereign wealth fund has been provided with a new investment mandate and statement of expectations ...

HESTA to pay members impacted by COVID revaluations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024
... reduction to the fund's $126 billion balanced option - and Hostplus which devalued assets within its property and infrastructure portfolios by a range of 7.5%-10%. In June 2024, APRA said there was room for improvement when it comes to trustees' ...

DWS, S64 launch sustainable infrastructure offering

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024
DWS has launched a sustainable infrastructure focussed Wholesale Australian Unit Trust for Australian private wealth managers in a partnership with S64, the alternatives fintech. The offering empowers financial intermediaries to distribute private markets ...

Admin and compliance taking up 56% of advice practice costs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024
... quality' challenge." Chief executive of elemnta Shaun Green said the industry's future depends on a strong data infrastructure foundation. "The research makes evident a severe disconnect between the top-down technology solutions and bottom-up ...

Macquarie offloads airports in $3bn deal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024
Macquarie Asset Management, via Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 4, and Ferrovial have reached an agreement to sell AGS Airports to AviAlliance. The terms of the transaction represent an enterprise value for the business of around $3 billion (£1.53 ...

UK to follow Australia's lead in creating megafunds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024
... in Australia and Canada. By doing so, it's anticipated some $156 billion (£80bn) will be unlocked to invest in infrastructure and other businesses for the future, Reeves said. It will also free up money for local public services over the long-term ...

Small caps boutique merges with Conduit Group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024
... financial technology with Spatium Capital's extensive market knowledge, quantitative abilities and capital market infrastructure, the two firms will seek to enhance their offerings in both developed and emerging markets," they said. They said both firms ...

HMC Capital makes $400m acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024
... million. HMC said the acquisition is consistent with its recently announced strategy to establish a Global Digital Infrastructure Platform (DigiCo). HMC has now secured $2.5 billion of strategic operating assets in Australia and is in exclusive due diligence ...

RBA seeks input on CBDC research project

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2024
... research initiative, Project Acacia. The project will explore how different forms of digital money and associated infrastructure could support the development of wholesale tokenised asset markets in Australia, the RBA said. The consultation paper, released ...

Future Fund delivers strong 11.9% return

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024
... Future Fund benefitted from this and also experienced positive contributions from its alternatives, credit and infrastructure holdings." Arndt added that while inflation is subsiding in much of the developed world, it remains higher and more volatile ...