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ASIC shrinks IPO timetable to boost listings

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... "informally" review eligible documents two weeks prior to public lodgement, which speeds up the IPO process by up to a week. The ASX Fast-track is available to entities that will have a market capitalisation greater than $100 million upon listing and ...

Private credit market has lenders sweating

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
... over the last few years, commercial borrowers have grown increasingly comfortable with private credit. Growing demand for fast and flexible finance has fuelled an explosion of private and non-bank lenders in the commercial real estate space. Australia's ...

Syfe plots major Australian expansion

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
Syfe, which recently acquired Selfwealth, has raised more than $80 million to fund its Australian expansion which will focus on the mass affluent market. Syfe has raised $81.5 million (US$53m) in support of its Australian strategy, the bulk of which ...

HESTA turns the lights back on after service shutdown

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
HESTA has completed the transition of its member administration services to GROW Inc, restoring online services after a seven-week disruption to transactions and app access. HESTA, which has over one million members, said this marked the end of one ...

Quality over quantity: CareSuper on mergers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... organic growth, CareSuper is not actively pursuing any further successor fund transfers, he said. "The industry is moving fast. Who knows what it will look like in three or four years' time? I know there's lots of speculation about what further ...

COVID 'masked' issues at core of productivity problem: PC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
The COVID-19 pandemic led to a "productivity bubble", in which measured labour productivity rose to a record high between January 2020 and March 2022 before returning to pre-pandemic levels in June 2023, the Productivity Commission (PC) has revealed. ...

Most investment managers see outflows - but who captured the most?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
Over the past year, most investment managers recorded net outflows, however, a few defied that trend in a big way, netting over $1 billion, according to Rainmaker Information. Of the 160 managers in Rainmaker's database, 90 had net outflows, with a ...

Super funds back $9.6bn homegrown platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... slow, costly, and fragmented," Zhang said. "At Airwallex, we're building a new foundation for the global economy - one that's fast, seamless, and built for scale. "This investment marks a major milestone in our journey to redefine global finance, and ...

ASFA, EY release guidance on CPS 230

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... to work together in new ways to better identify, report on and manage risks," Pallisco said. "With the implementation date fast approaching, it's important that trustees develop a clear strategy for overseeing their fund's material third-party ...

Productivity Commission identifies priority reform areas

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
The Productivity Commission (PC) has identified 15 priority reform areas for further exploration under the five productivity inquiries commissioned by the government. The five productivity inquiries were around creating a dynamic and resilient economy ...