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First episode 25 Aug 2021
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12 Oct 2026
The Resilience of Retail: Why Shopping Centres Are Attracting Investors Australian shopping centres are attracting strong investor interest, with near record transaction volumes and growing competition for quality assets reflecting the sector's attractive investment fundamentals.
MA Financial has been at the forefront of this activity, acquiring $2 billion in retail real estate assets over the past year, taking our total retail real estate holdings to almost $5 billion.
In this episode of What Matters, our Group Vice Chairman Andrew Pridham AO is joined by Chris Lock, our Co-Head of Core Real Estate. Drawing on his experience investing across multiple market cycles, Chris shares his insights into what he believes is driving the sector's momentum and where he sees the greatest opportunities emerging.
Chris and Andrew discuss:
Why retail real estate continues to attract strong investor interest, supported by predictable income, transparency, downside protection and relatively low volatility.
How shopping centre assets have demonstrated resilience despite cost-of-living pressures and elevated inflation.
The significant opportunity in large format retail, including the potential for rental growth in a highly fragmented market.
The retail brands and chains performing particularly well.
Why the sector continues to perform despite competition from online shopping.
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25 Sept 2026
The Compute Economy: Is Capital AI’s Next Bottleneck? In the latest episode of our What Matters podcast, David Moberley, Managing Director in our Asset Management division, explores the rapidly evolving economics of AI compute and the next phase of the AI investment cycle.
Drawing on his experience investing in high-growth technology businesses, David examines the enormous capital requirements behind the AI build-out and the forces shaping future demand for compute.
Highlights include:
• Why capital could emerge as the next major bottleneck as investment in AI infrastructure accelerates towards unprecedented levels.
• How AI infrastructure financing is evolving, including Nvidia’s emerging role in helping unlock capital for the expanding NeoCloud sector.
• Why falling token costs could drive greater AI consumption, and how AI agents, which can consume multiples more compute than simple chatbot interactions, could accelerate demand further.
• Whether the significant capital flowing into AI is beginning to generate returns.
David also shares some of the indicators he’s currently keeping an eye on to assess the sector’s future economics.
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17 Aug 2026
'Made Personal': Building FDC In the latest episode of our What Matters podcast, our Joint CEO Julian Biggins is joined by Russell Grady, CEO of FDC Construction and Fitout. Russell joined FDC as a cadet in his early twenties and recently led the business through its billion-dollar ASX listing, the largest listing on the ASX so far this year.
Highlights from their conversation include:
What it takes to build and scale a successful business while preserving culture and managing risk.
Why FDC’s approach to pricing starts with knowing how to pull a project apart and put it back together again, understanding the fine detail to price every element accurately.
Russell’s perspective on the opportunities and risks emerging from Australia’s rapidly growing data centre sector.
Why disciplined project selection, strong relationships and a focus on people remain fundamental to FDC’s success.
FDC and MA Financial share a longstanding relationship that began more than 10 years ago and has continued through several significant milestones. These include FDC’s fit out of our Sydney headquarters and our Corporate Advisory division, MA Moelis Australia, recently acting as Joint Lead Manager and Underwriter on FDC’s IPO on the ASX.
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