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Local custody assets hit record $5.6tn

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2025
... to $1.99 trillion in the period while Australian domiciled investments increased 2.2% to $3.59 trillion. ACSA chief executive David Travers said: "In the June half, offshore allocations to Australia continued to rise as investors took advantage of investment ...

ASIC freezes assets of First Mutual Private Equity

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2025
... did not attend. A further hearing is listed on September 11. The FMPE website does not disclose any details about its executive team, including Cotton. Additionally, Cotton is based in Melbourne, but the firm only has two listed office locations in Sydney ...

Chalmers confirms super performance test changes are coming

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2025
... works to keep funds accountable. The challenge for us is how to keep all the good and future-proof the test," ASFA chief executive Mary Delahunty said. "Regulation isn't 'set and forget' and shouldn't be when members' returns are at stake. In a fast-evolving ...

Grattan calls for large scale tax reform

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2025
The Grattan Institute chief executive Aruna Sathanapally called for tax reform when presenting at the three-day Economic Reform Roundtable. "A good tax system raises the revenue to fund quality public services. A better tax system does that more efficiently ...

Betashares adds emerging markets ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2025
... lower correlation, providing a cushion to a portfolio to help reduce overall volatility. Commenting, Betashares chief executive Alex Vynokur said emerging markets are often overlooked. "BEMG will offer Australian investors and their financial advisers' ...

CareSuper adds three to investments team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2025
Two new portfolio managers and an investment communications manager have joined the super fund. CareSuper chief investment officer Suzanne Branton said the appointments come as the investment team enters "an exciting and dynamic phase of growth." Caroline ...

Anti-hawking exemption for advisers a 'silly carve out': SCA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2025
... targeting Australians about super or other financial products and services. Speaking to Financial Standard, SCA chief executive Xavier O'Halloran said the suggested amendment is to ensure consistency between financial products and financial services ...

Canaccord Genuity buys Wilsons Advisory

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2025
... local expertise and global reach, and we look forward to bringing our teams together," Canaccord Genuity Australia chief executive Marcus Freeman said. "By uniting our complementary strengths and increasing the scale of our operations, we expect to substantially ...

Insignia Financial back in the black

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2025
... the delivery of advice and on higher value clients resulted in a 14% increase in revenues per adviser. Insignia chief executive Scott Hartley said the group is pleased to deliver a strong result. "FY25 was a pivotal year of transformation for Insignia ...

VG1 replaces investment manager, books massive loss

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2025
VG1 Partners Global Investments (VG1) appointed a new investment manager after booking an operating loss of $17.6 million and delivering net portfolio returns of -3% for the last financial year. Regal Partners appointed Paul Moore to be the investment ...