Institutional investors stories

Pepperstone Crypto says digital assets are moving into the mainstream as regulation, ETFs and younger investors reshape how traders access markets.

Greening AI data centre coalition sets global benchmarks as pressure mounts over power, water and green finance for booming server farms.

9fin expands into Asia Pacific with a full credit market platform, giving banks and asset managers wider access after its USD $170 million fundraise.

CommBank's new FX Barometer finds Australian companies and superannuation funds are hedging heavily, with exporters covering 86 per cent of exposure.

Study finds AI now shapes investment research for 78.3% of users, with strongest enthusiasm in the Middle East and Latin America.

Addepar sets up Singapore base for product engineering and commercial teams as it deepens support for clients across Asia-Pacific wealth markets.

Tether invests USD $134 million in listed stablecoin platform as stablecoin use surges past USD $300 billion and eyes public market access.

L&G Asset Management puts £50 billion liquidity fund range on Calastone's tokenised network for blockchain-based access on Ethereum and other EVM chains.

Caruso lands AUD $9.3 million from Icehouse Ventures and GD1 as Centuria joins 80-plus clients using its AI-native fund administration platform.

CoinGecko finds USDT and USDC made up two-thirds of pairs on top crypto exchanges, as reserve values climbed to USD $225.4 billion.

SLR deepens its digital climate analytics offer with the acquisitions of Planetrics and ClimSystems, targeting asset-level risk modelling.

AlphaSense boosts international leadership as it expands multilingual AI market intelligence across Europe, Asia-Pacific and beyond.

Beaten Zone secures AUD $17 million as Steve Baxter-backed fund benefits from rising investor interest in Australian defence technology.

Triple Bubble lands early support from x15ventures and Brad Feld as the Melbourne fintech fund targets a USD $50 million close.

OpenAI secures USD $122 billion in funding as Amazon, Nvidia and SoftBank back a rapid expansion in compute, enterprise tools and product plans.

BlackRock has retained the top APAC fund brand spot for a fifth year as JPMorgan, PIMCO and Blackstone jostle in Broadridge's latest ranking.

Earlyasset emerges from stealth with $2 million pre-seed backing to build infrastructure for broader private market share sales.

Openmarkets hires David Jenkins as Chief Product and Technology Officer to drive crypto trading, tokenised assets and overseas expansion.

Aligned Data Centres lands USD $2.58 billion revolving credit line as institutional lenders back US build-out amid AI-driven demand.

Ledger rolls out on-premise HSM for banks, custodians and stablecoin issuers seeking tighter control of digital asset keys.