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Sovereign funds, instos raise $217m for Qld space tech developer

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
... develop its Eris orbital rocket technology, scale its satellite and rocket manufacturing, and expand its spaceport in Bowen, North Queensland, the first and only licensed spaceport in Australia. The company currently employs more than 220 people, and ...

Investment managers ramp up AI use in front offices

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
... from SimCorp surveyed 200 senior executives and operations leaders from asset managers, insurers, and pension funds across North America, EMEA, and Asia Pacific, each managing at least US$10 billion in assets. The survey found AI adoption has accelerated ...

Forrests' donation crowns WA as most generous state: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
Andrew and Nicola Forrest's gifting of $5 billion worth of Fortescue shares to the Minderoo Foundation has crowned Western Australia the most generous state in the country, a new analysis by KPMG reveals. KPMG modelling of 2023 financial year Australian ...

Regal profit pushes to $145m on performance fee upgrades

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2026
... sitting alongside the Adelaide Central Market. It's offshore FUM has also been growing quickly and it plans to push into North America, as it prepares to launch a multi-strategy income fund locally.

AustralianSuper backs BlueScope rejecting $13bn bid

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
... came in 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 ...

Ares Management promotes private equity lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
... firm's 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 ...

Sodali's APAC lead takes on new global role

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
... Micci joins from FGS Global, most recently co-leading the firm's global strategy and reputation practice and serving on the North America executive committee. Lastly, Nadia Krivickova was named chief people officer, based in New York and Stamford. Krivickova ...

Inflation pulls back in November

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... trimmed mean - the RBA's preferred measure of inflation - coming in at 3.2%," Hannah said. "Had inflation continued to move north, this could have sealed the deal for a rate hike next month, which would be the first increase in more than two years. As ...

Temasek joins consortium to acquire Clearwater Analytics

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
... Warburg Pincus co-invested with MA Financial's $1 billion Australian Real Estate Credit Vehicle to develop residences in North Burleigh.

Global sovereign wealth fund assets grow to $15tn

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... sector, seeking partnerships and new strategies to invest and operate." Over a third of state-owned assets sit in Asia, 26% in North America, 19% in Europe and 15% in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region. "We are expecting the SWF segment to ...