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Brookfield to divest retirement living platform for $3.85bn

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2025
... $1.3 billion. Aveo owns more than 10,000 units in metropolitan suburbs across the eastern seaboard of Australia, providing modern residential accommodation and low maintenance lifestyle for "less than half the median house price." The retirement platform ...

Desktop Broker to deliver direct indexing via partnership

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
... build and manage portfolios - offering advisers and clients the transparency, efficiency, and control they expect from a modern wealth solution," Saunders said. Meanwhile, Briefcase founder and chief executive Josh Persky said the partnership breaks ...

ASX offloads interest in Digital Asset

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has sold its shareholding in Digital Asset Holdings, the firm it partnered with in 2016 to build the doomed CHESS replacement. The sale price is approximately $57 million, with a pre-tax gain of about $42 million ...

Minimum wage to rise 3.5%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
The National Minimum Wage and all modern award minimum wage rates will increase by 3.5% on July 1. The minimum wage is currently $24.10 an hour and, following the Fair Work Commission's decision today, will rise to $24.95 an hour. This equates to a ...

SS&C extends super fund partnership

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2025
... "By leveraging Bluedoor's integration capabilities and cloud-native services, we can efficiently deliver to our members a modern, high-quality user experience," he said. Meanwhile, SS&C head of GIDS Australia Shaun McKenna welcomed the extension of the ...

AMP, intelliflo introduce dashboard enhancements for advisers

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
... emails and calls, and ensure they always know what's happening with their requests," Maloney said. "It's a smarter, more modern way to deliver great service." Meanwhile, intelliflo has released three new business intelligence dashboards, allowing advisers ...

Global X China Tech ETF in the works

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
Global X is preparing to launch a China technology ETF, citing the country's shift from policy planning to delivery, stabilising fundamentals and depressed valuations, while also emphasising the critical nature of selective exposure. Ahead of the launch ...

Super moves: Aware Super, Future Fund, Cbus

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
Michael Newbold has quit his role as head of aviation commercial at Sydney Airport and returned to the investment community focusing once again on transport and infrastructure. After seven years at Australia's biggest and most profitable airport ...

ASIC loses Block Earner case

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
The Federal Court has vindicated Block Earner by overturning a decision that it needed an AFSL to offer its Earner product and dismissing ASIC's appeal to impose penalties on the digital asset platform. Justices O'Callaghan, Abraham and Button ...

Apex awarded $2.3bn fund admin mandate

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
... investment options," Buckingham said. "Mutual Limited's focus on high-quality, creditworthy securities, coupled with Apex's modern digital infrastructure ensures we can continue to deliver the reliable outcomes our clients expect, while offering greater ...