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Pinnacle affiliate launches offshore version of smaller companies fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
Langdon Equity Partners, a small-cap investment boutique founded in Toronto and backed by Pinnacle Investment Management, has launched a UCITS fund to offer a global strategy to investors in the UK, Europe, and Asia. The Langdon Global Smaller Companies ...

Equity Story to buy advisory firm Baker Young

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2025
Stock market trading advice group Equity Story will acquire Adelaide-based advisory firm Baker Young for $4.2 million in cash, as it looks to expand its wealth management footprint. The transaction is expected to be earnings-accretive and "meaningfully ...

Short-term noise reinforces long-term investment thinking: ART

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2025
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) says it will not be derailed by the short-term noise coming from global trade tensions and heightened risks of a recession but remain steadfast in how it will position members' savings for the long term. Speaking at ...

Falcon Capital, First Guardian fund to be wound up

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2025
Following the order to freeze the assets of the First Guardian Master Fund and its responsible entity Falcon Capital last month, the Federal Court has ordered both the fund and the entity to be wound up. In response to a petition by ASIC, the court ...

Bullock hushes rate cut expectations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2025
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Michele Bullock has calmed market expectations for an interest rate cut in May, saying it is too early for the bank to decide yet. Bullock noted the extreme market volatility because of US President Donald Trump's ...

Market turmoil hits portfolios

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
Following US President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs, major stock indexes on Wall Street dropped as much as 6%, losing $4.9 trillion (US$3.1 trillion) in market value, marking the largest decline since March 2020. VanEck Asia Pacific chief ...

Fortitude Investment Partners acquires majority stake in SMSF audit firm

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
Fortitude Investment Partners has acquired a majority stake in self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) audit firm ASF Audits. The investment will improve ASF Audits' client experience and accelerate future growth; the primary capital investment ...

Inflation slows, but for how long?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
... indicator rose 2.4% in the 12 months to February 2025, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "Annual CPI inflation was slightly lower in February, after holding steady at 2.5% for the previous two months," ABS head ...

Green technology, clean energy receive Budget boost

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
Aligned with the Future Made in Australia agenda, the government is continuing to invest billions into green technologies and the energy transition. The federal government has also allocated funding for innovative technology and clean energy manufacturing ...

Jones calls out super sector, hints at more reform

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services Stephen Jones told Financial Standard that the government's work on reforming the superannuation sector is not done. Speaking on the Financial Standard podcast, Jones praised the positive aspects ...