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More suitors line up for Iress

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
... offer, if received, will lead to a binding transaction." Blackstone and Thoma Bravo expressed interest in acquiring Iress in August. Iress managing director and chief executive Marcus Price announced he will be exiting the company in the same month. ...

ART names new chair

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
... term as chair will commence on 21 November 2025. Fraser announced his intention to retire as chair of the ART board in August following 10 years on the board, including its predecessor fund Sunsuper. Fraser said Rowell's appointment comes as the fund ...

Early release of super for dental, IVF spikes in FY25

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... 47,630 applications in FY25 and approving 34,050 of them. In all, the money was paid out to 32,850 approved individuals. In August, the ATO issued a warning about the increase in "dodgy advice" about accessing super savings for non-critical medical procedures ...

Feature: Compliance | Passing the buck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... Senate inquiry into wealth management, which was launched to investigate the collapse of Dixon Advisory and was ditched in August. And its remit should be expanded, she says. "With Shield and First Guardian it was not a single point of failure. It's ...

Former First Sentier PMs join Blackwattle

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... and emerging companies units. Minbatiwala spent more than 24 years at FSI and finished up as the head of equity income in August last year. Moodie was a senior portfolio manager and co-managed the CFS Equity Income Fund and spent more than 23 years at ...

Rest Super deputy CIO lands new gig

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
... following the departure of the fund's inaugural chief investment officer, Andrew Lill, who is now running LegalSuper. In August, Rest appointed former Qantas Super boss Michael Clancy to the top investment job, ending the interim arrangement. Previously ...

HUB24 launches new client reporting solution

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
... data clearly and enhance the client experience." The launch of Engage was flagged by HUB24 in its full year results in August. At the time, it flagged operating expenses were up 18% for the year due to variable expenses related to a jump in FUA and the ...

Aware Super, TelstraSuper advance merger plans

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2025
... as possible," he said. The two super funds announced the signing of a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in August. In May, TelstraSuper and Equip Super ditched their potential merger, with TelstraSuper saying it was unlikely to achieve its ...

ASIC approval puts Cboe, ASX on level playing field

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2025
... platform, directly competing with the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). ASIC flagged the possibility of an approval in August. Historically, Cboe Australia could only list exchange-traded funds (ETFs), despite carrying the capability to provide initial ...

Platinum LIC turns down WAM bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2025
... in the hope of replacing Platinum Asset Management. WAM flagged its intentions of becoming the investment manager in mid-August, additionally putting forth Geoff Wilson, Richard Caldwell and Julian Martin to be elected on the LIC's board. In the same ...