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FEATURE | Aged care: The longevity dividend

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2026
... This pool invests in fixed income securities that exhibit high daily liquidity. "The long-term pool can relate to targeting CAPEX. A lot of these organisations will have five-to-10-year strategies of improving dated facilities that would give them the ...

ASX tech spend drives capex to $200m

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2026
The ASX's capital expenditure (capex) is set to blow out to between $180 million and $200 million, primarily driven by technology costs and new product development. The new estimates have increased from the previously anticipated $160 million to $180 ...

FEATURE: Global equities | Triaging tech's second act

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026
... is it cheap to make. But the tech giants are ready for the splurge. Based on prior guidance issued, capital expenditure (capex) by the large tech cohort on AI infrastructure is expected to rise to as much as US$650 billion in 2026. Individual commitments ...

Financing the technological revolution: AI issuance in credit

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
... investment-grade 'hyperscalers' - the likes of Alphabet, Amazon, Meta - which are now funding a sizeable amount of their AI capex with record-sized bond deals," he said. An article by BetaShares head of fixed income Chamath De Silva noted the ...

No room for a neutral stance in 2026: BlackRock

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
... revenues lag, creating a more levered financial system that is vulnerable to shocks, it said. "The financing needs tied to AI capex far exceed what even the largest firms can meet internally. But this is occurring against a backdrop of already highly ...

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

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025
... valuations are not extreme by the standard of 1990s bubble. "Tech companies have started to issue debt to finance their capex expansions, but the levels are very low for most companies relative to their profitability," Normand said. Normand noted that ...

Fund managers remain bullish on AI for 2026

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2025
... Street sees AI to have a transformative impact on sectors like utilities and industrials that will directly benefit from the capex investment in the next 12 to 18 months. The Magnificent 7 is estimated to increase capex by 30% to US$550 billion in the ...

Record investment into AI forcing largest innovation buildout ever: BlackRock

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
... the tech sector, for now, but we see productivity and revenue gains spreading across the economy. "The gap in time between capex needs and eventual revenues means AI builders have started using debt to get over a financing 'hump'." With how fast ...

Waning AI optimism, Fed rate cut driving US pullback: UniSuper

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
... Reserve. Colosimo said the market is now questioning the AI play and if there are going to be economic returns to all the capex investment in the sector. While Nvidia's revenue lifted more than 60% last year, beating investor expectations, the positivity ...

Global resilience is a key systemic risk: HESTA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2025
... critical. "It's not just about how we manage risks in the portfolio, but how companies allocated capital, what are the capex commitments? In terms of that global resilience, I think is a key issue for us as investors to unpack." Blakey said the role ...
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