[New] In 2026, asset managers will need to focus on new business win rates, time-to-insight on investment opportunities, and client retention improvements to demonstrate the success of their AI implementations.
Insights
[New] Chilean operations in the Atacama region face water scarcity challenges that limit expansion potential, while Australian hard-rock operations require significantly higher capital investment for equivalent capacity increases.
Discovery Alert
[New] Southbound investment flows into Hong Kong equities have accelerated, while China's household deposits have climbed to record highs, indicating substantial domestic liquidity that could rotate into equity markets.
https://www.bangkokpost.com
[New] Taken together, Amazon's aggressive 2026 spending plan could introduce near-term volatility for its own shares, while possibly reinforcing a broader investment cycle across the technology ecosystem.
Yahoo Finance Canada
[New] Tensions involving Iran have supported recent price moves, while potential changes in U.S.-Venezuela relations could impact supply, longer term, although meaningful increases would require significant investment and time.
Trident Utilities Ltd
[New] A comprehensive climate strategy in 2026 will make resilience part of mainstream risk management, integrated directly into supply chain continuity plans, capital investment decisions, and insurance models.
Global Network for Zero
AI and machine-learning adoption in portfolio and risk-management workflows is expected to reach nearly 70% of investment management firms by 2026.
MEXC
By 2026, private equity is expected to account for a growing proportion of global minerals investment and innovation leadership.
Farmonaut
Capital investment in disruptive innovation platforms alone could contribute 1.9 percentage points to annualised real GDP growth during this decade.
Wholesale Investor
Large investors are signalling that nature exposure has financial consequences, including Norges Bank Investment Management's focus on nature-related disclosures and risk in its portfolio reporting.
Natcap
The top four hyperscalers are expected to spend roughly $500bn in 2026, with investment increasingly directed towards AI infrastructure, model training, and associated hardware.
Astute Group
Investment in AI capacity and human capital development, as well as broadband and connectivity in line with the AU Digital Transformation Strategy 2030, are critical in order to boost education and economic development.
Business Report
Investment teams that treat the current period as an active value-creation sprint, rather than a passive wait, will be better positioned when liquidity is expected to return in 2026.
BDO
The alliance with the US opens mining opportunities for Argentina through fundamentally different capital deployment mechanisms compared to traditional mining investment models.
Discovery Alert
President Donald Trump has threatened to ban or significantly restrict Wall Street investment in single-family homes, directing his administration to pursue an executive order that would limit additional purchases by large institutional investors, including private equity and real estate funds.
Carta
Amazon plans to spend roughly $200 billion on capital investments, including AI and satellite initiatives, and that the scale of the investment surprised investors.
Tech Startups - Tech News, Tech Trends & Startup Fundin
Corporate Investment in Data Science Training: In future, corporate spending on data science training is expected to exceed $15 billion, reflecting a growing recognition of data as a critical asset.
Yahoo Finance UK
Achieving the necessary grid build-out would require high levels of net new capital investment - at the tune of ~ $4.9 trillion by 2040, 60% of which would focus on transmission and distribution infrastructure.
National Governors Association
Last updated: 24 February 2026
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