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Blue Owl adds to local team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
... and BlackRock. During her four years with NAB Asset Management, she managed the distribution and brought across investors into a new MLC private equity fund. Blue Owl specialises in financing private equity-backed acquisitions, buying stakes in private ...

Platinum executives depart amid merger talks

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
... bolstering the firm's relationships with advisers in Australia and New Zealand and later expanding the firm's reach into the US. In 2022, he was appointed head of investment, responsible for the investment team's process and people. "I left ...

Platinum, L1 merger to help fight 'organic business decline'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
... ongoing decline but other hurdles remain, according to Morningstar equity analyst Shaun Ler. "The merger injects new life into Platinum, helping to arrest the organic decline of its business by merging with another asset manager that has better-performing ...

Insurer names interim chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
... and Allianz Retire+, with an acting chief executive appointed. David Kane, currently chief operating officer, is stepping into the lead role in an interim capacity. Allianz said Stewart has decided to step down and take a break. Kane has served in his ...

Most traded stocks in the first half of the year revealed

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
Retail and advised investors both invested heavily into mining and energy industries in the first half of the year, according to new research from AUSIEX. Despite strong growth in the Commonwealth Bank share price, it isn't the most sought-after stock ...

Instos turn to risk as volatility lessens: State Street

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
Institutional investors are aggressively buying into risk as stocks are reaching new highs, likely spurred by falling market volatility as Australia sees surges in local investments, new data from State Streeet finds. The State Street Risk Appetite ...

ETF market breaks through $280bn

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
... thematics in gold mining, global defence, and video gaming and esports contributed to the growth. "The growth of net flows into gold has followed the yellow metal's exceptional performance in 2025, leading the market with 26% returns for 1H25," VanEck ...

ASIC bans advisers for dodgy Shield Master Fund advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2025
... in financial services for eight years after ASIC found he advised certain clients to invest most of their superannuation into Shield Master Fund's High Growth class or the Growth class, which were high-risk investments. Some also went into the Balanced ...

Licensee compliance head banned over fees for no service

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2025
... Wealth Group until last year when its Australian financial services licence (AFSL) was cancelled after the group was placed into voluntary administration. The reportable situations regime requires licensees to notify ASIC of reportable situations. ASIC ...

Mercer SmartPath returns exceed 12%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2025
... portfolio resilience in an uncertain economic environment." In May, the Goldman Sachs & JBWere Superannuation Fund merged into the Mercer Super Trust. The former had 1670 members and total assets of $635 million at the end of March.