As data centres evolve into massive energy consumers, the industry’s "unsexy" fundamentals, grid reliability and baseload power, are superseding speculative AI premiums as the primary drivers of investment value.
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Global allocators are redesigning how China sits inside emerging market portfolios, with benchmarks capturing only a fraction of the world's second-biggest equity market.
Australian Retirement Trust views the AI bubble narrative as premature but warns AI-related equities are no longer cheap, as the fund repositions towards financials and healthcare.
The region is seeing a structural reallocation of credit on the back of evolving regulation and a growing gap between traditional lenders and borrowers.
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The Australian pension fund’s CEO argues the market is betting on the wrong part of the AI value chain.
Pension assets worldwide surged 9.6% to $68.3 trillion in 2025, with Japan and Australia ranking among the world’s largest markets, a new report says.
APAC institutional investors are moving up the risk spectrum, targeting 8–12% net IRRs in European infrastructure.
Bitcoin’s sharp drop toward $64,000 in early February rattled markets, but institutional voices framed the move as a necessary adjustment rather than a sign of collapse.
The government-backed investor is backing the US venture firm's ninth fund as part of efforts to connect Japanese startups with overseas capital and expertise for global expansion
As private credit absorbs a broader retail investor base, attention is shifting from fundraising momentum to how mixed investor structures may behave in a downturn.
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Precious metals’ sharp price correction may reflect a classic “buy the rumour, sell the fact” response to the new Fed chair's nomination, as investors reassess expectations of a dovish central bank and renewed dollar weakness.
The National Reconstruction Fund is targeting emerging technologies and critical minerals processing as part of a broader strategy to build domestic manufacturing capability and reduce supply chain vulnerabilities.
