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Macquarie sells data centres in landmark deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
Macquarie Asset Management has pocketed more than $60 billion offloading Aligned Data Centers - the largest transaction to date for data centres. Macquarie sold Aligned Data Centers to a consortium comprising BlackRock's Global Infrastructure Partners ...

Can IPOs ever recover? Experts aren't sure

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
Despite ASIC and the ASX having displayed a "good regulatory mindset" in revitalising the listed environment, opportunities from the private markets continue to drag initial public offerings' (IPOs) down. In a panel at the Citi Investment Conference ...

FINSIA's struggle to find scale

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
The Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA) has a more than 135-year history in Australia. It was formed in 2005 by the merger of the Australasian Institute of Banking and Finance, which was established by a group of bankers in 1886, and ...

Fortitude launches Small Cap PE Fund

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2025
Fortitude Investment Partners has launched a Small Cap PE Fund, targeting lower mid-market opportunities in private equity. The evergreen fund will invest in deal flows in health, digitalisation and technology, energy transition and food and beverage. ...

Clime gains ground on culture, business model reset

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2025
Not done with pulling Clime Investment Management out of the red, managing director Michael Baragwanath's bold plans to turn the ship around entail a product and culture overhaul, and even giving away his short-term incentives (STI) to staff. After ...

GROW recruits HESTA exec to lead product push

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2025
Superannuation administrator GROW Inc has secured two heavyweight hires to spearhead its people and product functions. Trevin Erichsen has been named chief product officer, with HR specialist Marcus Waterreus taking on the role of chief people officer. ...

Hamilton Lane sets up global venture capital fund

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2025
Hamilton Lane has launched a Global Venture Capital and Growth Fund (HLGVG) for institutional and high-net-worth investors. The evergreen fund is to be available in Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Asia, Latin America, Middle East and Canada. "Our launch ...

Aware Super, Goodman Group launch US logistics platform

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2025
Aware Super will own 49% of the new US logistics platform, with Goodman Group to own the remaining 51% stake. Goodman Group will also provide comprehensive asset and property management services to the platform. The platform consists of three logistics ...

Norges Bank commits over $2bn to energy transition fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2025
Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), the investment management arm of Norges Bank, has committed $2.3 billion (US$1.5bn) to Brookfield Asset Management's Global Transition Fund II (BGTF II) to expand its current mandate from the government. The ...

Feature: Digital advice | Sleeping giant

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
About three years ago, robo-advisers, one by one, began dropping like flies. The likes of Six Park, Upstreet and Advice Intelligence either folded or were acquired. Even Ellerston Capital's ethically based robo-adviser, which launched in early 2023 ...