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Tokenisation could inject $24bn annually: Project Acacia

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
Project Acacia, the brainchild of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre (DFCRC) to explore a tokenised wholesale asset ecosystem in Australia, has completed its experimental and research phase, which has ...

Combating modern slavery difficult but not impossible: RIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
... slavery: What advisers need to know workshop at the event, which will be held at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre on May 27-28. He is joined by Ethical Investment Advisers financial adviser Karen Macleod, U Ethical Investors stewardship manager ...

Senior housing, retail stand out in global property markets: Bedingfield

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026
... stores after discovering online-only models left them vulnerable to dominant platforms such as Amazon. Global shopping centre occupancy rates have since tightened sharply, while new retail supply remains limited. At the same time, Bedingfield said residential ...

Budget doubles down on housing supply with $2bn infrastructure push

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
Treasurer Jim Chalmers unveiled a new $2 billion Local Infrastructure Fund aimed at accelerating housing delivery and easing development delays. The fund will support local governments and state utilities providers in delivering essential "last mile" ...

GQG reports nearly US$10 outflows, keeps FUM stable

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
GQG Partners has stemmed a substantial US$9.9 billion in outflows offset by stellar investment performance to end April with US$166.9 billion in total assets. Year-to-date figures show the fund manager offsetting nearly US$10 billion in client money ...

Another private equity manager joins bidding war for oOh!media

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2026
oOh!media has received another unsolicited takeover bid, this time from I Squared Capital (ISQ) valuing the media firm at around $765 million, topping the previous bid from Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) which valued the firm at $747 million. The board ...

Performance test reforms to curb benchmark hugging: Treasury

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2026
Treasury is addressing benchmarking-hugging incentives encouraged by the superannuation performance test in a new round of consultations that aim to overhaul several "unintended consequences" it has created over the last five years. Treasury acknowledges ...

DigiCo offloads US asset for $1bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2026
... increasing its liquidity to around $900 million. This comes after DigiCo was forced to withdraw its application for a data centre project at LAX1 in California after advice from the city council indicated planning approval for a data centre at the location ...

Dexus and Boral partner in $10bn project

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
Dexus has announced a joint venture with Boral to develop a major logistics precinct in Melbourne's western corridor with a potential lettable area of 2.5 million square metres. Dexus chief executive Ross Du Vernet confirmed on the sidelines of the ...

FEATURE: Fixed income | Adjusting the lens

PENNY PRYOR  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
... laying off employees in efficiency drives. This didn't go away; it just moved to one side as geopolitical risk took centre stage. "Before we went into this in March, we witnessed a major sell-off in the software sector on the impact of AI disruption. ...