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The Big Short's Michael Burry shutters fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025
... talent in the field of investment and the most prodigious thinker I have ever encountered." Burry's bet against the US housing market in the lead up to the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) was made famous in the book The Big Short and thereafter the ...

Aware Super, Barings spin-off BTR portfolio

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... Barings head of Asia Pacific real estate Alastair Wright said the new identity will focus on delivering "high quality" housing at competitive rates. "Our aim with WeAreLiving is to deliver quality rental stock where it is needed most. Aware Super has ...

Super performance test, DBFO reforms coming: Government

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
... to refine and strengthen it, to make sure it isn't creating unnecessary obstacles to investment in key areas like housing and the energy transformation." Chalmers said Treasury has set up a technical working group which is currently working on what ...

Future Fund returns top $200bn since inception

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2025
... investment team also oversees seven other funds, including the Medical Research Future Fund, DisabilityCare Australia Fund and Housing Australia Future Fund. Medical Research Future Fund had $24.8 billion in funds under management (FUM) and returned ...

Housing Australia Future Fund under audit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
The government's Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) is being audited by the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO), Auditor-General Caralee McLiesh has confirmed in a letter to Senator Andrew Bragg. In addition, McLiesh said the ANAO is also ...

Kenya to establish sovereign wealth fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... strategic infrastructure investments, the Kenyan treasury said this may include but is not limited to agriculture, transport, housing, energy, water, and education and health investments. It will be funded through a variety of revenue channels, including ...

First Guardian shaves $286m off Praemium FUA

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2025
... $667 million excluding OneVue. Spectrum was the "standout" performer, recording net inflows of $299 million. It is now housing $13.6 billion in FUA. Praemium SMA also recorded net inflows of $237 million over the same period, lifting FUA to $13.6 billion ...

AustralianSuper pumps $1.1bn into fresh UK investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2025
... greater connectivity between higher education, innovation, and industry. The platform's first investment is a student housing development in Bristol, with contractors on site and a target completion in 2027. AustralianSuper said the platform is actively ...

Australian super funds 'important' for the UK economy

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2025
... need of infrastructure funding, with hundreds of billions needed over the next decade to modernise transport, energy, housing, and digital networks. Attracting long-term pension capital - like super funds - is central to the UK government's growth ...

Removing CGT breaks could boost budget by $22.7bn: Report

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2025
... would support investing additional revenue gained by a wealth tax into poverty-reduction measures, including affordable housing and increased income support. Oxfam acting chief executive Chrisanta Muli describes these findings as evidence that the Australian ...