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Platinum to lose $1bn mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
Platinum Investment Management is set to lose a sizeable institutional mandate at the end of the week. The ASX-listed manager disclosed it received notice overnight that an institutional mandate worth about $958 million is to be terminated. The termination ...

Platinum merger no cure for active managers' challenges

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
A merger between Platinum Asset Management and L1 Capital may deliver scale, but it won't resolve the deeper structural issues dogging traditional active managers, including fee pressure and market share loss to passive investment vehicles like ETFs ...

Rest details internal program to reform death benefit processes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
Rest has disclosed the existence of 'Project Scarlet,' an internal program that the fund's carried out over the past 18 months to improve its death benefit claims processes. A spokesperson for the $93 billion super fund said the program ...

Platinum mulls L1 Capital merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
Platinum Asset Management is currently in discussions with L1 Capital to combine forces, a move that would create an $18 billion investment manager. Platinum Asset Management is considering merging with L1 Capital, confirming via the ASX it is discussing ...

Inflation figures point to May rate cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2025
... Price Index (CPI) rose 0.9% in the March 2025 quarter and 2.4% annually, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "The March quarter increase of 0.9% follows two quarters in a row of 0.2% rises," ABS acting head of prices statistics Leigh ...

Bravura chief exits: 'Right time to step aside'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2025
Bravura chief executive Andrew Russell has decided to step down from his role, effective immediately, after leading the software solutions company through a turnaround. Russell joined Bravura in June 2023 in the role of managing director and chief executive. ...

Australian equity fund manager in a league of its own: Mercer survey

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
An Australian equity fund manager has run circles around its rivals over the year to March, according to Mercer's most recent investment survey. The Forager Funds Management Australian Shares Fund returned 21.7% before fees, outperforming all 123 investment ...

Selfwealth shareholders resoundingly greenlight takeover proposal

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
Selfwealth shareholders approved the investment platform's acquisition by Singaporean digital wealth manager Syfe Group's holding company Svava on Tuesday. Of those who voted, 99.7% were in favour of the proposed offer, which will see shareholders receive ...

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 ...