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Adamantem Capital buys IT provider from EQT

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
EQT is selling Nexon Asia Pacific, acquired via its EQT Mid-Market Asia III fund in 2019, to Adamantem Capital. The transaction fees were undisclosed, and it is pending customary conditions and approvals. Founded in 2000, Nexon is a digital and IT services ...

Elanor rebuffs Lederer's governance concerns

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
Elanor Investors Group has clapped back at potential acquirer Lederer Group for making "inaccurate assertions" about its governance and management capabilities. In providing an update on the proposed acquisition of its ASX-listed Elanor Commercial Property ...

Former Kerr Neilson staffer pleads guilty to insider trading

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
A former employee of Kerr Neilson's family office, Rodney Forrest, has been charged with insider trading and procuring others to trade Platinum Asset Management shares. At Sydney's Local Court yesterday, Forrest pleaded guilty to two counts ...

PC suggests removing excessive entry requirements for advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
In its fourth of five papers addressing productivity hurdles in Australia's economy ahead of the government's Economic Reform Roundtable, the Productivity Commission (PC) has recommended paring back some of the entry requirements that have impacted ...

CBA sets aside $52m for remediation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) said it has provisioned $52 million for remediation purposes as it finalises various class actions, including those related to superannuation and advice. CBA said the group is still defending two superannuation class ...

Legalsuper appoints chief risk officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2025
Legalsuper welcomed a chief risk officer this month, hiring a former CareSuper and Aware Super executive. Christine Nguyen has joined the fund in the role, bringing more than 27 years' experience. Nguyen will be responsible for leading the fund's ...

Some Australians being taxed more on super than pay: SMC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2025
New research by Super Members Council (SMC) found those on the lowest wealth rungs are not benefitting from super as those further up the ladder. SMC said this was due to less paid work due to disability, health or caring responsibilities; higher costs ...

Norway sovereign wealth fund divests 11 Israeli companies, cuts mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2025
Norway's US$2 trillion sovereign wealth fund has severed ties with 11 Israeli companies and is in the process of terminating mandates with external managers based in Israel. The sovereign wealth fund's manager, Norges Bank Investment Management ...

Cbus, MLC, AMP Super pump more into Atmos Renewables

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2025
Cbus, MLC and AMP Super have contributed to a $400 million capital raise for Atmos Renewables, which will support two landmark developments and the creation of some 70 jobs. Atmos was acquired by First Sentier's Igneo Infrastructure Partners in March ...

IFM Investors enters student accommodation arena

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2025
IFM Investors is dipping its toes into the student accommodation sector, acquiring assets at Curtin University from InfraRed Capital Partners. Marking its entry, IFM will acquire the Curtin University Student Accommodation project via Infranexus, its ...