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Super moves: WATC, Medibank, HESTA, Future Fund

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
Western Australian Treasury Corporation has appointed Mathew McCrum as head of markets. McCrum joins from U Ethical Investors, where he spent nine months as a fixed income consultant. Before that, he managed fixed interest at UniSuper and spent two ...

Change in AI sentiment, credit events could 'derail activity': AustralianSuper

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025
... post-pandemic tight monetary policy and strong AI investments spilling across the broader economy. However, Page noted that even though the medium-term looks positive, investors need to remain vigilant to short-term risks that could impact activity. ...

Fund managers remain bullish on AI for 2026

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2025
Experts believe the hype around artificial intelligence (AI) is not a bubble and remain constructive on the sector going into 2026. Munro Partners portfolio manager Kieran Moore said the Melbourne-based investment management firm sees AI as a five to ...

Mark Delaney to step down from AustralianSuper

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
Mark Delaney is stepping down as chief investment officer and deputy chief executive after 25 years at the fund. Delaney is set to leave the fund on 30 June 2026. Until then, the nation's largest super fund will conduct a global search for his replacement. ...

Hearts & Minds, WAM slash stakes in Corporate Travel Management

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... Small and Mid-Cap Companies had 6.21%, AustralianSuper had 6.2% and ECP Asset Management had 5.2%. More recent figures, though, showed that AustralianSuper had $106.7 million worth of shares in CTD within its Balanced option as at FY25. ECP Asset Management's ...

RBA hike may come as soon as February

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
Recent employment data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has shown the nation may be at an inflection point, highlighting the challenges the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will face in setting policy next year. Citi economists have changed ...

Brookfield, sovereign wealth fund sign AI joint venture

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
... Qatar. It comes as global data centre investments are projected by McKinsey & Company to reach $7 trillion this decade, though there is much more to the AI infrastructure investment opportunity, including supporting infrastructure like cooling-as-a-service ...

FEATURE | Agriculture: Golden soil

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
... confluence of factors such as lower interest rates, heightened demand from institutional investors and limited supply. In 2024, though, farmland prices contracted with the median price per hectare across all agricultural land types decreasing by 6% on ...

Super moves: ART, TCorp, Future Fund, QIC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
TCorp has recruited Lucas Hartmann as senior portfolio manager. Most recently, Hartmann served as head of equities, fixed income and alternatives at NGS Super for over eight years, where his responsibilities included implementing derivative overlays. ...

New funds distribution firm launches

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
Australian funds distribution firm Continental Funds Group (Continental) has announced its formal launch to the domestic wholesale and institutional investment market. Led by founder and managing director Angus Coote and three experienced distribution ...