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Brighter Super invests $225m as part of $500m commitment

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
... Investment Strategy (QIS), two years into a five-year program aimed at increasing local investment across property, agriculture, infrastructure and high-growth businesses. Speaking at the Queensland Futures Institute Finance Summit, chief executive Kate ...

WAM offers global real assets exposure via new offering

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026
... has launched a real assets fund, providing investors with exposure to assets, including natural capital like water, agriculture and timber. The Wilson Asset Management Real Assets Fund (WRAF) will partner with specialist managers across real assets globally ...

Canada launches first sovereign wealth fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2026
... Canada and the world, the government said. The projects will focus on clean and conventional energy, critical minerals, agriculture, and infrastructure, it said. All returns will be reinvested in the fund; it will direct its capital into investments ...

Rapid growth of UHNW population prompts management shift: Knight Frank

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2026
... driven by more than just rising asset prices. There is a deep economic diversification driving it - from resources and agriculture through to finance, business services and technology. These economic engines have created a depth of wealth that outstrips ...

Challenger injects $3.7bn in BOQ, bolsters private credit book

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2026
... loans to SMEs and commercial customers operating in industries that include building and construction, transport and agriculture. It currently has $4 billion in loans under management. BOQ managing director and chief executive Rod Finch commented: "This ...

IP Group launches $50m cleantech fund with CEFC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2026
... processing and supply chain; heavy transport (aviation, shipping and freight); energy-efficient AI and data centres; agriculture and land use; and dispatchable energy and grid balancing. "The global race to decarbonise is driving unprecedented demand ...

Global X to tap humanoid robotics boom

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2026
... with Barclays saying humanoid robots could fill labour gaps and fundamentally reshape certain sectors. These include agriculture and manufacturing where workers are ageing faster than the general population, and healthcare where demand for nurses is ...

Warakirri bolsters distribution squad

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2026
... high-net-worth clients in New South Wales, the ACT and Queensland. Based in Sydney, Rory Irvine joins as the firm broadens its agriculture and equities offerings, working alongside Trent Faehndrich, who joined the distribution team in early 2025. Irvine ...

NZ Super continues to build investment team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026
... that expertise and the partnerships we have built up in our home market." "Real assets covers everything from our agriculture and horticulture investments in New Zealand and Australia, through renewable energy projects in the US and Europe, to the various ...

UniSuper helps raise $30m for PlasmaLeap

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026
... into real-world deployment, demonstrating how clean, decentralised fertiliser and chemical production can transform agriculture, reduce emissions and guarantee sovereign security of critical resources like food and fuel." Funds will also be used to progress ...
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