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La Caisse backs GO.FARM in $330m farmland push

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
Canadian institutional investor La Caisse has partnered with Australian agricultural investment manager GO. FARM to launch a $330 million investment platform targeting permanent horticulture assets, underscoring growing institutional demand for Australian ...

Centuria quashes governance allegations amid fund downgrades

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
Centuria Capital Group (CNI) has swiftly provided a response to media reports suggesting that its exposure to the Bathla Group, a Sydney-based property constructor and developer, raised questions over its governance, following a downgrade of one of ...

Shareholders walk back on Macquarie climate transparency push

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
Around 18% of Macquarie shareholders have voted in favour of the resolution for the investment giant to disclose how its fossil fuel financing aligns with its commitment to the Paris Agreement. This is major walk back from last year, when 35% of shareholders ...

Data Centres should pay for clean energy: Poll

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
Australians overwhelmingly believe data centre operators should be required to fund the renewable energy needed to power their rapidly growing operations, according to new polling commissioned by the Climate Council. The YouGov survey of 1624 Australians ...

Weak sustainability categorisation can institutionalise greenwashing: EDHEC

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
As the European Union reforms its Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), the EDHEC Climate Institute has warned weak or inconsistent standards could institutionalise rather than mitigate misleading sustainability claims. Under the changes ...

Brookfield adds over 26GW with new acquisition

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
Brookfield Asset Management is acquiring Aypa Power, which comprises an enterprise value of approximately $10 billion (US$7bn), or $4.2 billion (US$3bn) in equity value. Brookfield will acquire the business from funds managed by Blackstone Energy Transition ...

Morgans Financial boost commitment to rural Australia

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
Morgans Financial has deepened its relationship with Rural Aid to strengthen support for farmers and rural communities across Australia. As a patron, Morgans Financial will help raise awareness for the challenges facing rural Australia, advocate for ...

Northern Trust AM Australia shares in $4.3bn climate transition mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
Northern Trust Asset Management Australia is one of several fund managers that scored a major mandate from Taiwan's Bureau of Labor Funds (BLF) to help manage a total pool of US$3 billion ($4.3bn) for a climate transition investment strategy. The BLF ...

SS&C axes jobs, shifts roles offshore

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
US software services giant SS&C Technologies has slashed 170 Australian roles in the operations, technology and delivery teams. Last year, Insignia Financial struck a deal with SS&C to outsource about 1300 staff who worked in its master trust business ...

Roundtable reflections: Is ESG dead?

BETH GOLDSMITH, CARLOTA GARCIA-MANAS  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
"Is ESG dead?" we asked at our recent Responsible Investors (RI) roundtable in May this year. Short answer: no. But the conversation has matured - and climate physical risk is coming of age in methodology and assessment. The real question is: can investors ...