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Octopus awarded $1bn mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
... infrastructure in key markets like Australia and support the wider energy transition needed across the world's highest emissions regions." APG joins existing investors in the Octopus platform, including Rest, Hostplus, other international pension funds ...

Macquarie chief financial officer steps down

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025
... Prior to that, Kwok held senior roles in the Real Estate Assets business of Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) in several regions, including leading the team in Asia Pacific and a four-year period as chief financial officer for ASX-listed Macquarie Airports. ...

Aware Super flies the coop with sale to KKR

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2025
... manages poultry infrastructure including more than 700 poultry sheds across over 60 farms, located in key agricultural regions nationwide. The $190 billion super fund has owned ProTen since 2018 and has overseen significant growth in the business. Aware ...

US-Iran tensions send markets into panic mode

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... higher again. "Such a price shock would filter through to global inflation, which remains elevated and/or sticky in many regions. Market participants had been pricing in rate cuts from central banks including the Federal Reserve in the second half of ...

Green moves: Airtrunk, JPMorgan, T. Rowe Price

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... alternative energy and sustainable practices. During his eight years there, he held various leadership roles across several regions, including US and Asia. Before that he drove business growth at First Solar, US-headquartered company among the world's ...

Rest, NZ Super Fund top global rankings for best practices

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... to achieve a perfect score in the Asia Pacific region. Six others achieved the same feat across the Americas and EMEA regions. This was the largest number of perfect scorers to date. NZ Super Fund chief executive Jo Townsend said the scorecard is based ...

Investors face headwinds in integrating physical climate risks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025
... models struggle with accurately capturing the financial materiality of assets. It said this is particularly the case in regions or sectors where risks are poorly understood or underpriced. "Current market practice largely relies on climate scenarios ...

ASIC shrinks IPO timetable to boost listings

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... will help spike "global competitiveness", while calling for consideration of new structures to mirror success from other regions. Welcoming the initiative, ASX general manager of listings James Posnett said the shorten timeframe will benefit investors ...

Macquarie snaps up Brazil toll road system

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
... believes the acquisition is a step forward to its commitment in sustainable development of Brazil. "... [Especially] in regions like the northeast, where efficient service drives local economic growth and social development, and in the centre-west, where ...

Why emotions, cash derail good investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2025
... delivered." When investors allow their emotions to dictate, they often flock to cash. Ward sees this happening in most European regions. "Households are saving more than they have and they're staying in cash because they're so worried about what ...