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Pacific Equity Partners takes stake in data centres

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2025
Pacific Equity Partners will buy 75% of Spark New Zealand's data centre business. The investment is being made via the PEP Secure Asset Fund, and the transaction values the business at up to $705 million. All of Spark's data centre assets and operations ...

MLC adds term deposits, ETFs to Expand

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2025
MLC Expand has launched its new Essential+ investment menu, offering access to term deposits and exchange traded funds (ETFs) from a range of Australian financial institutions. The Essential+ menu complements the existing suite of MLC managed funds ...

Special feature: Shaping private markets

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
Custodians are stepping up as regulators target super funds' $3.5 trillion private asset rush. Australia's super funds face mounting scrutiny over their rapid shift into private markets, as concerns grow about transparency, valuations and liquidity ...

Rest calls for super performance test reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
In its submission to the government's Economic Roundtable, Rest has called for reforms to the superannuation performance test among a range of other measures. In its submission, Rest said the superannuation performance test needs to be reformed to cater ...

AI, corporate tax, skilled workers key to productivity: PC

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2025
The Productivity Commission says the nation should adopt a "growth mindset" by embracing artificial intelligence (AI), boosting human capital and rejigging corporate taxes to boost static productivity levels. The report, Growth mindset: how to boost ...

FAAA fights to reignite Dixon inquiry

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025
Although the Senate Committee Inquiry into Dixon Advisory was expected to lapse due to the election, the Financial Advice Association of Australia (FAAA) is shedding light on the possibility of resuming the process. FAAA general manager of policy, advocacy ...

QIC to sell partial stake in US renewable energy financing platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2025
Canadian pension fund La Caisse will acquire a stake in the QIC-backed Renewa, a renewable energy land financing company located in the US, for US$200 million ($307m). QIC acquired 100% ownership of Renewa in 2022. Texas-based Renewa operates as a platform ...

Hostplus extends MetLife partnership

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2025
Hostplus has extended its group insurance partnership with MetLife Australia until June 2028. Since the inception of the partnership in 2013, Hostplus said its members have enjoyed lower premiums, improved insurance terms, and a more personalised claims ...

Major airport lands TelstraSuper as new investor

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2025
TelstraSuper is making a strategic investment in New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport as it undergoes a major redevelopment. JFK Airport is being transformed, with a US$19 billion project currently underway, including US$15 billion of ...

Aware Super flies the coop with sale to KKR

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2025
Aware Super has sold its stake in ProTen to KKR for an undisclosed amount. Established in 2001, ProTen develops, owns, and operates farm infrastructure for Australia's poultry supply chain. The company manages poultry infrastructure including more than ...