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Cbus names new chief technology officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2026
... officer, having not had one since 2024. Cbus said Hagan brings decades of executive leadership experience across healthcare, energy and financial services, with a keen focus on technology development and business transformation. Cbus chief executive ...

FEATURE: Global equities | Triaging tech's second act

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026
... that power them. Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang describes the AI value chain as a five-layered cake. At its base is energy, the electricity required to power vast data centres. Above that sit chip designers and manufacturers, including Nvidia and ...

Australian Ethical launches climate-focused private markets fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026
... access institutional grade private markets investments, with a cornerstone commitment of up to $125 million from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC). CEFC's commitment to the fund comes alongside $500 million in seed investment from Australian ...

Calm urged as global markets look 'increasingly unstable'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2026
... Trump took to Truth Social to issue a fresh ultimatum to the Iranian government, threatening to wipe out the nation's energy infrastructure and bridges. "Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped into one, in Iran. There will be ...

Global recession a 'real possibility': UniSuper

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2026
... market's differentiating between winners and losers from higher oil prices. Over the last decade, the US has become a big energy exporter, so yes, consumers will suffer with higher prices, but the energy companies themselves benefit," Colosimo said. ...

IP Group launches $50m cleantech fund with CEFC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2026
IP Group, which is backed by Hostplus, has launched the IP Group Climate Catalyst Fund alongside the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC). The fund will help scale Australian technologies that can decarbonise hard-to-abate industries, targeting a ...

Macquarie 'preparing for all contingencies' as conflict continues

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2026
... more dramatic scenario in which oil reaches $200 a barrel. US President Donald Trump recently paused attacks on Iranian energy plants for 10 days and said talks with Iran were going well. Iranian officials have dismissed the proposal, calling it one-sided ...

Household wealth rises 2.5%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2026
... above-target inflation down. "With interest rates rising, we were already expecting growth to ease modestly in 2026. The current energy and supply shock further complicates the picture - it will drive up inflation further and hurt growth, particularly ...

Potential US recession in three years: Global insurers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2026
... than selling US assets. And the Middle East war has highlighted that the Dollar can also help diversify risks from rising energy prices," said Goldman Sachs managing director and head of asset allocation Christian Mueller-Glissmann. Broadly, insurers ...

Super moves: Aware Super, Future Fund, AusSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
... Global SWF report. The report said Bluff and Fisher together oversaw private equity, credit, property, infrastructure, and energy transition - areas representing around 45% of the fund's $267.4 billion in assets under management. It also flagged ...