The ethics adviser to Norway’s $2.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund has raised concerns with Rio Tinto about the environmental impact of a mine in Brazil.
Thomas Biesheuvel
Family money has proven to be a flourishing new investment force in Australia’s $139 billion private capital pool, now spending more money proportionally than superannuation funds.
Simone Grogan
Australia's peak business body is warning the nation faces an "investment drought" and could lose further economic opportunities unless changes are made.
Tess Ikonomou
Former attorney-general Christian Porter has come out swinging against a former Cabinet colleague as he fights to kill Federal bans on Russian aluminium oligarch Oleg Deripaska.
Neale Prior
Two of Australia’s largest superannuation investors have pledged to pour $28 billion into UK and European markets in coming years, as the industry increasingly looks for opportunities overseas.
Amy Bainbridge
Private credit funds, backed by some major global investors, are venturing where Australian banks increasingly fear to tread: the country’s precarious property industry.
Sharon Klyne
The company says it suspects recent buying in the company has been carried out by a banned Chinese fund.
Sean Smith
The US Export-Import Bank is being eyed as a venue for boosting investment in Australian critical minerals development to supply components needed in electric vehicles, wind turbines and other technology.
Jennifer A. Dlouhy and Joe Deaux
BCI Minerals has locked in the full project financing for development of its $981 million Mardie salt project in the Pilbara.
Adrian Rauso
One of Australia’s largest super funds is hunting for more property and infrastructure deals in Europe as it opens a London office.
Australia this week was forced to acknowledge climate change may impact its borrowing costs after it was sued for allegedly misleading investors by not disclosing climate risks when selling its debt.
Matthew Burgess and Sheryl Tian Tong Lee
There are at least half a dozen international and Australian investors circling WA with $1b-plus cheques looking for major industrial landholdings, according to the man who sold WA’s most expensive property.
Kim Macdonald
New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has heralded a multi-billion dollar climate fund by BlackRock for local renewable energy projects.
Ben McKay
Central bankers, nervous investors and cashed-up customers clamoured to get their hands on gold in the first half of the year, offsetting declining interest from Australian buyers.
Jordan Murray
A $US2.6 billion deal announced last week has set the stage for a potentially landmark shift in the metal and mining investment landscape: the arrival of Saudi Arabia as a pivotal player.
Thomas Biesheuvel and Jacob Lorinc
Carnarvon Energy is nearly ready to offload a 10 per cent stake in its Dorado development to an entity owned by Taiwan’s state-owned oil and gas company, pending FIRB approval.
The group is talking with a major Indian tech multinational about a potential deal that would see students upskilled in Australia and placed into jobs to alleviate skills shortages.
National Mineral Development Corporation executives were in Perth this week, meeting with government and local partners.
The Chinese-owned mine in the Pilbara made $US475m in 2022, down from the earlier year’s record $US948m.
Inbound investment recovered 143 per cent in 2022 to $2.1b, helped by WA mining deals.
Greater policy certainty and changes in Federal Government attitudes to climate policy since the May election are pushing an increase in big investment in Australia, new data suggests.
Kimberley Caines
The Mid-West magnetite miner pocketed sharply higher iron ore prices in 2021 but still wasn’t able to turn a profit.
Chinese investment in Australia has fallen for the past five years and is now well off the blitz spending of 2008 and 2016.
Regal Theatre management company Interstar wants to publicly probe Fortescue Metals Group money cruncher Jonathan Fiore despite reaching a partial-truce with his trouble-prone dad Peter.
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