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Family offices turn to start-ups, M&As: PwC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025
... said. "Most family office owners are entrepreneurs or entrepreneurial families, with only 5% owned by heirs. Increasingly, tech pioneers and hedge fund managers, dubbed "Wall Street billionaires," are entering this space, impacting investment strateg ...

CFS delivers 16.6% returns for growth members

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025
Colonial First State (CFS) announced impressive returns for its balanced and growth equivalent funds throughout 2024. The FirstChoice Employer Super balanced option returned 13.8% in 2024, while the FirstChoice Employer Super growth option delivered ...

Platinum AUM inches to $11bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
Platinum Asset Management grew its assets under management (AUM) in the last month of 2024 to end up with $11.1 billion. The fund manager made a net gain of $93 million during the month of December despite experiencing outflows of $289 million. Some ...

ASX bleeds $41bn from delistings

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025
The number of companies that delisted from the ASX in 2024 took $40.5 billion in market capitalisation with them. A total of 78 companies left the ASX in the 12 months to December, netting a total of 2116 entities that remained listed on the exchange. ...

AustralianSuper wins fund of the year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2025
AustralianSuper has won the Global SWF Fund of the Year award for its leadership, growing investment activity, and significant expansion overseas. Global SWF noted that the super fund has grown from managing $21 billion for 1.2 million members since ...

Traders left scrambling over ASX settlement outage

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 23 DEC 2024
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) suffered another glitch last week that disrupted two days' worth of trades. The ASX said it detected a "technical issue" on its CHESS Batch Settlement last Friday, forcing trade settlements on December 18 ...

What you read in 2024

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
Mergers, corporate fund closures and executive moves were the major motifs for Financial Standard readers this year. Unsurprisingly, further consolidation in the superannuation sector was a major driver of audience interest this year with a number of ...

NESS Super partners for financial advice offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
NESS Super will start delivering fully personalised digital financial advice via a partnership with Otivo. NESS Super, whose members are predominantly employed in the electro-technology sectors, has partnered with digital advice platform Otivo to introduce ...

M&A and IPO the 'gamechangers' for 2025: Expert

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
... on IPO remain diverse across all sectors heading into 2025, but he named two sectors that may perform well. "I think the tech sector has an abundant potential market size and is growing strongly; it is probably the most favoured," he said. "But even ...

January Capital raises $136m for APAC growth credit fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
The Singapore-based investment firm has raised more than $136 million (US$85 million) on the first close of its Growth Credit Fund, with the strategy focused on growth-stage technology companies. January Capital secured commitments from financial institutions ...