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Feature: Group insurance | Cold comfort

MATTHEW WAI | WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025

... condition, and whether those customers are being individually assessed. "Through this inquiry, we have highlighted practices that raise concerns, including the use of broad exclusions, and we have called on the industry to ensure customers are treated ...

Pinnacle acquires stake in Advantage Partners

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025

Pinnacle Investment Management will acquire a stake in Advantage Partners, a private equity investor from Japan, for $92 million. Pinnacle will own up to 13% of Advantage Partners over a three-year period. The first stage will acquire a 5% stake for ...

Rest injects more into $1.2bn Fidelity climate fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2025

... holds a total of 14 properties across France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and the UK. Rest participated in the recent raise and is a cornerstone investor in the fund, which reached its first close in March 2024. At the time, Rest said investing in ...

ASX releases consultation on shareholder approval requirements

ELIZA BAVIN | TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2025

... the Listing Rules must strike the right balance for all market participants, from the interests of an entity being able to raise capital flexibly to the interests of its securityholders not being unfairly diluted." ASX added that the consultation process ...

Family trusts safe from reform for now: Mulino

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025

... combined with reduced super concessions, reduced capital gains tax discount and a low tax rate on earnings in retirement could raise $20 billion a year for the government.

Equity Story to raise $3.5m to enter property sector

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025

Equity Story Group plans to raise up to $3.54 million through an entitlement offer to support the expansion of its funds management business, with a particular focus on entering the property sector. The stock market trading advice group will issue approximately ...

Feature: Compliance | Passing the buck

ELIZA BAVIN | WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025

... the first port of call is often the auditor of the funds." In the case of Shield, the auditor was BDO - and while it did raise some concerns, it was not until June 2024. In the case of First Guardian, it was Audieto, which no longer exists. "That's ...

Government reviewing $3m super tax

ELIZA BAVIN | FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2025

... It's probably not unusual for that to occur from time to time. It remains unlegislated, and so stakeholders continue to raise questions about the bill," Brown said. Brown did not go into the detail of the discussions but said they were around concerns ...

Removing CGT breaks could boost budget by $22.7bn: Report

ANGELIQUE MINAS | FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2025

... Elephant in the Room: Australia's failure to tax wealth, Oxfam provided a forecast for the funds that a wealth tax could raise. According to the report, if Australia's 161 billionaires were taxed at a rate of 5% in 2025, it would have raised $33.5 billion ...

ASIC raises alarm on auditor independence, conflicts of interest

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2025

Too many auditors are failing the independence test and breaching conflicts of interest obligations, according to an ASIC investigation. A review of 15 audit firms saw nine did not meet rotation requirements while five of them had "relevant relationships" ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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