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RBA powers deemed 'last resort' for critical financial infrastructure fallout

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2025
... is needed, private sources will be the preferred option, it added. Additionally, the RBA may transfer part or all of the shares or business of a CS facility licensee to a consenting third party or government-owned bridge entity if appropriate. "In some ...

Legalsuper celebrates double digit returns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2025
... Investment Management. As for the High Growth option, about 40% is invested in global equities and 36.5% is in Australian shares. The equity investments for the High Growth option are broadly similar to that of the Balanced product, but also include ...

Pinnacle founder Ian Macoun unloads $77m of shares

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
Pinnacle managing director Ian Macoun, who founded the investment management firm, has sold nearly four million shares in the firm for $76.7 million; the proceeds are earmarked for reinvestment in its affiliated fund manager Metrics. Macoun made the ...

Betashares gearing up to expand Wealth Builder product suite

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
... expansion of its Wealth Builder geared ETF product suite, launched in April last year. The Betashares Wealth Builder Global Shares Geared (30-40% LVR) Complex ETF has been registered with ASIC and, if launched, would be the fourth fund in the Wealth ...

ASIC calls on AFS licensees to 'step up'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
... Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued a warning about share sale fraud after a spike in reports of stolen shares due to identify theft. ASIC said it has conducted an industry review and provided updated guidance for AFSLs on how to ...

US-Iran tensions send markets into panic mode

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... PAXG and XAUT jumped as much as 1.57% before paring gains, with trading volumes surging more than 180%, according to ETF Shares chief investment officer David Tuckwell. "Crypto gold markets were the only ones open when the strikes happened, and they ...

En garde: New fund eyes Vanguard, Betashares' turf

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... later change or abandon them entirely. The development comes as Vanguard celebrates a major milestone for its Australian Shares Index ETF (ASX: VAS). The largest ETF in Australia, the fund surpassed $20 billion in funds under management at May end; in ...

L1 Capital, Platinum merger inches closer to reality

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... merger was first announced, discussions were being had on the basis that L1 Capital shareholders would own about 75% of the shares in Platinum at the completion of the deal. This has now dropped to 74%, while Platinum shareholders will own 26%. This ...

Investor optimism premature, fund flows in firing line

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... ASX-listed asset managers have lagged the S&P/ASX 200 Index since 2022, when interest rates began rising from historic lows. For shares to gain momentum, Ler said lasting improvements in fund flows and operating margins are needed. Most ASX-listed asset ...

Financial Standard names Investment Manager of the Year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... Class A, respectively. Vanguard took the international equities (indexed/enhanced) category with its Vanguard International Shares Select Exclusions Index Fund and multi-asset (growth) with its Vanguard Diversified High Growth Index ETF. U Ethical Investors ...