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WHAT’S ON THE AUSTRALIAN REGULATORY HORIZON? In this publication, we provide an overview of certain upcoming changes for private equity funds and their investors (both Australian and foreign) investing in Australia. The key takeaways are set out below. New Mandatory Merger Control Regime A new mandatory merger control notification regime will be introduced effective from 1 January 2026, with transitional provisions starting from 1 July 2025. Draft Guidelines by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and draft Determinations by the Australian Government have been released for consultation. However, there...

One of the biggest hotel sales in recent years was just completed in the Valley of the Sun. Nashville, Tenn.-based Ryman Hospitality Properties has acquired the 950-room JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa from Trinity Investments for $865 million. Trinity purchased the hotel in 2019 for $602 million and oversaw a $100 million renovation that finished in 2023. SEE ALSO: NewMark Merrill’s Sandy Sigal Is a Realist About Retail’s Future The transaction marks the largest hotel sale of the year thus far, and the largest hospitality deal since RIDA...

Jack Shelton is a co-founder of Aegis Space Law. getty In the investment landscape, we often encounter a scenario like the following: Three friends from college found a startup in the space industry. Two of the co-founders are American citizens, but the third is an Indian citizen, who is in the U.S. on a student visa. The company begins R&D with respect to a type of spacecraft called an "orbital transfer vehicle." Sometime later, the co-founders negotiate a $3 million investment in exchange for 20% equity and a board seat...

Banks, non-bank lenders and financial institutions may get to invest up to 10% in the corpus of alternate investment fund (AIF) schemes, in a relief for the sector that faced a central bank clampdown in December, 2023. There will be no restriction on regulated entities (REs) such as banks for investing up to 5% in the AIF scheme's corpus, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) proposed on Monday. However, if the AIF scheme invests in a company that has borrowed from the bank, then the RE must make full provision to...

Philip Raices So today’s question is where is the best and safest place to park your investment dollars?  I firmly believe it is rental real estate.  It’s a long term play.  Your tenants over the years will continue to pay down your mortgage.  However, there is some effort that you will have to provide or hire someone to assist you to simplify the process.  In my professional opinion, there is much less uncertainty with the right real estate investment, than playing the stock  market.  The stock market has been so...

This article is an on-site version of our FirstFT newsletter. Subscribers can sign up to our Asia, Europe/Africa or Americas edition to get the newsletter delivered every weekday morning. Explore all of our newsletters hereGood morning and welcome to FirstFT Asia. On today’s agenda:Nvidia announces major new investment in TaiwanThe Trump Organization considers building a Vietnam towerBusinesses rethink their US travelNvidia chief executive Jensen Huang unveiled major new chip investments in Taiwan yesterday, as he stressed the island’s importance as a global technology hub during a speech at Taipei’s Computex...

The Healey administration is proposing a strategy to protect the Massachusetts coastline from rising seas and intensifying storms, with a new draft plan that calls for a study of evacuation infrastructure and lays the groundwork for a voluntary property buyout program in flood-prone areas.The draft plan, released by the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs  on Thursday, outlines a 50-year coastal resilience strategy to safeguard vulnerable coastal communities — home to more than 3 million residents — from the escalating impacts of climate change. The final version of the...

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Since his first full day back in office, President Donald Trump has repeatedly touted the value of announced financial investments in the U.S. and taken credit for attracting them. He started out citing $3 trillion in investments and, four months later, was claiming totals of more than $10 trillion. It’s unclear where, exactly, he’s getting these totals. But they appear to be an exaggeration of pledges to invest made by various companies and countries. The total listed by the White...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, May 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MANTRA, the Layer 1 blockchain purpose-built for real-world assets (RWAs), has entered into a strategic partnership with WIN Investments, a fintech platform pioneering regulated sports digital assets. This partnership represents a major step in MANTRA's expansion into the world of sport, aligning with its broader mission to tokenize RWAs with a regulatory-first approach. WIN has built a groundbreaking ecosystem that opens the door for fans and investors to participate in the global football transfer market. Through a regulated framework, WIN...

Unexpected headwinds in the form of rising costs and escalating economic uncertainty are adding new pressures to municipal budgets. City leaders should look to their portfolio of facilities as a unique strategic enabler to minimize risk and shore up budgets against these pressures. Smart, targeted investments into infrastructure improvements have been shown to enable economic growth, mitigate the human and financial impacts of extreme weather, and provide an avenue to capture and reinvest cost savings. Minimize risk and avoid cost volatility through smart facility planning Most US municipalities are grappling...