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AustralianSuper wins fund of the year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2025
... focus internationally since 2017. Over this timeframe, AustralianSuper has "significantly decreased" its weight in Australian markets - from 60% to 50% - with North America and Europe, including the UK, being the primary beneficiaries. Notably, over ...

CC Capital Partners bids for Insignia

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2025
... by Hostplus' 9.1% interest. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and First Sentier Investors each have 8.3% interests. Australian Retirement Trust (8.2%), State Street (7.1%), and Vanguard (5%) also have substantial holdings. Private investment firm CC ...

Sanlam Private Wealth breaches licensee obligations, hit with enforceable undertaking

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2025
Sanlam Private Wealth, the Australian arm of the South African Sanlam Group, has admitted to breaching licensee obligations by "failing to adequately supervise" its authorised representatives and corporate authorised representatives (CARs), following ...

Traders left scrambling over ASX settlement outage

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 23 DEC 2024
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) suffered another glitch last week that disrupted two days' worth of trades. The ASX said it detected a "technical issue" on its CHESS Batch Settlement last Friday, forcing trade settlements on December 18 ...

Court finds CFD issuers engaged in 'unconscionable conduct'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 DEC 2024
... "flying blind'" and did not understand the risks involved in these highly complex financial products, ASIC said. In an Australian first, the court also found that USG breached its obligation to ensure that the financial services covered by its Australian ...

New tool will streamline regulation: Chalmers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
The government has released a new tool with the aim to streamline and coordinate regulation in the financial sector. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the tool will help build a more competitive, dynamic and productive economy. "We want to make it simpler ...

What you read in 2024

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
... in March 2022, with ESSSuper telling members the aim was to offer better online systems to them and their employers. Australian Retirement Trust restructures leadership team (July 24) Australian Retirement Trust (ART) underwent a major organisational ...

NESS Super partners for financial advice offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
NESS Super will start delivering fully personalised digital financial advice via a partnership with Otivo. NESS Super, whose members are predominantly employed in the electro-technology sectors, has partnered with digital advice platform Otivo to introduce ...

Ares appoints EQT as RE for private market fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
... recently launched Ares Private Markets Fund (AUT). Financial Standard flagged the fund launch last week, with AUT - an Australian domiciled unit trust to provide local wholesale investors access to Ares Private Markets Fund (APMF). APMF is a US registered ...

M&A and IPO the 'gamechangers' for 2025: Expert

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
... across the US and Australia despite a reversing trend persisting. This sentiment comes amid the rate of delisting on the Australian Security Exchange (ASX) outpacing new market entries, including E&P Financial Group who made the exit recently due to ...