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ASX reports 'record' revenue for 1H25, lags in listings

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has reported record operating revenue for its half-year result ending 31 December 2024. Following a turnaround year, the exchange saw its operating revenue surge 5.9% to $541.9 million from the previous corresponding ...

Link Wealth expands into Tasmanian market

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025
Link Wealth has acquired 60% stake in the Hobart-based Sky Advisers, with the acquisition marking a significant step in Link Wealth's broader roadmap across Australia. The partnership will help drive Link Wealth's values, growth ambitions and operational ...

Future Fund reaches value of $237.9bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2025
The Future Fund has delivered an investment return of 12.2% - boosting its value to by $26 billion to $237.9 billion as of 31 December 2024. Total funds managed by Future Fund, including across its other investment funds, rose to $304.5 billion. In ...

Rest calls for advice reforms, extending SG

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2025
Rest has called on the Australian government to implement reforms that it says are critical to make the super system fairer. The super fund released its 2025-26 pre-Budget submission, which outlined 10 key recommendations. These recommendations included ...

Perpetual delivers 'mixed' performance in Q2

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
Perpetual has seen assets under management (AUM) rise 3.6% to $230.2 billion in the second quarter to December 2024, but also sustained outflows of $3.8 billion and negative market movements amounting to $4.1 billion. Perpetual chief executive Bernard ...

Bumpy roads ahead for traditional active managers

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
Traditional active managers should expect a rougher path ahead as they face growing challenges from industry superannuation funds, as well as the continued strong flows into exchange-traded funds (ETF), a new report found. According to Morningstar's ...

Iress expands wealth team with multiple new roles

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
Iress has expanded its APAC wealth propositions team with several newly created roles, including a general manager of wealth propositions, head of partnerships, and head of digital advice. The financial services software business announced the appointment ...

Australian Retirement Trust takes stake in Pattern Energy Group

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2024
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) and Dutch pension fund ABP will acquire Riverstone Holdings' equity stake in US-based renewable energy and transmission infrastructure company Pattern Energy Group. Pattern Energy Group was founded by Riverstone Holdings ...

GDP grows but still slow: 'Confirms our worst fears'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
Australian gross domestic product (GDP) rose 0.3% in the September quarter 2024 and by 0.8% since September 2023, according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "The Australian economy grew for the 12th quarter in a row ...

CFS awards equity, infrastructure mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024
Colonial First State (CFS) has tapped two fund managers to oversee its Australian equities and infrastructure strategies. ClearBridge Investments is now sub-advising a listed infrastructure mandate on the FirstChoice platform. ClearBridge declined to ...