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APRA finalises CPS 230 amendments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2026
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has finalised targeted amendments to prudential standard CPS 230 Operational Risk Management. The amendments introduce limited exemptions from specific contractual requirements in CPS 230 for material ...

Major UK pension reforms passed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2026
... Government Pension Scheme assets would also be pooled and managed by select managers to increase investment in infrastructure, housing and clean energy across the UK. This will effectively force pension schemes to invest in nation-building projects and ...

IFM expands UK presence with acquisitions

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2026
... several superannuation funds, IFM Investors announced the acquisitions to further enhance its presence across the UK infrastructure and renewable energy markets. The announcement also follows a $7 billion takeover bid for the toll road operator Atlas ...

Canada launches first sovereign wealth fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2026
... government said. The projects will focus on clean and conventional energy, critical minerals, agriculture, and infrastructure, it said. All returns will be reinvested in the fund; it will direct its capital into investments with the highest potential ...

Natural capability head at QIC exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2026
... advisory PhillipCapital, Citi and Wilson HTM Investment Group. QIC recently appointed two partners to its private debt infrastructure team. Xi Chen, based in London, and Lindsay Scully, based in New York, were promoted from principal after originating ...

Macquarie sells stake in US utility provider

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2026
... supports economic growth across its service territory," Macquarie senior managing director and head of Americas energy infrastructure Aaron Rubin said. "It has been our privilege to have served as a steward of Cleco over the past 10 years as the company ...

'Beware the predictions of political experts': UniSuper

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2026
... driven by investment super cycles. We're talking about super cycles in AI, data centres, the energy transition, infrastructure," he said. "All this is contributing to growth, and this is still happening regardless of what's happening in the Middle ...

FinCap opens private investments menu for advisers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2026
... that advisers can select," he said. The challenge with existing managed accounts, Ryan said, is that their primary infrastructure is focused on daily liquidity investments like shares and ETFs. "But the reality is there's the other 90% of the market ...

IFM Investors makes $7bn bid for Atlas Arteria

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2026
... operator at around $7 billion. The bid was launched by Diamond Infraco 1, a wholly owned subsidiary of the IFM Global Infrastructure Fund, which already holds a 34.48% stake in Atlas Arteria, with a further 1.21% stake held by or on behalf of clients ...

Rapid growth of UHNW population prompts management shift: Knight Frank

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2026
... rapid growth, more are using family office style structures, while targeting direct investment in real estate, infrastructure, energy and value-add assets to manage their wealth, he added. "Private wealth in Australia is becoming more sophisticated and ...