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Sovereign funds, instos raise $217m for Qld space tech developer

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
A group of institutional investors, including various super funds, and the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation, have formed a conglomerate to raise more than $217 million for Gilmour Space Technologies.

State Street boosts digital asset access with new platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2026
State Street has launched a new digital asset platform as it looks to broaden institutional investors' access to the asset class.

Financing the technological revolution: AI issuance in credit

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
Ahead of 2026, experts offer insight into how AI is increasingly reshaping credit markets.

Equity managers' research most reliant on AI: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
Australian and global equities fund managers are increasingly relying on generative artificial intelligence (AI) for their research, with the latter saying it is no longer an "additive" but an integral part of this function, new analysis shows.

Apex to acquire Mercer's super admin business

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
Apex Group is set to onboard Mercer's superannuation administration business with an expected completion date in the first quarter of 2026.

AirTrunk plants second data centre in Victoria

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 DEC 2025
AirTrunk has acquired a new site in Melbourne's north-west for its second data centre campus in the city, to be known as MEL2.

JBWere partners to enhance advisers' portfolio analytic capabilities

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2025
JBWere's clients are now provided with customised insights on the risk and return characteristics of their investment portfolios through BlackRock's comprehensive analytic platform, Aladdin Wealth.

APAC investors push for 24-hour trading in US markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
Global demand, particularly from APAC investors, has driven a push for US markets to consider switching to 24-hour trading, five days a week.

ASX suffers another outage

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025
The ASX is investigating an issue which was impacting the publication of company announcements this morning.

Entireti partners with Striver to shore up talent

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2025
Entireti has partnered with Striver to bolster the talent pool of future financial advisers.